Scientists Reveal Homo Sapiens’ Secret of Success
A new study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not ‘symbolism’ or dramatic cognitive change, but rather its unique ecological position…
A new study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not ‘symbolism’ or dramatic cognitive change, but rather its unique ecological position…
Ancient tools and bones discovered in China by archaeologists suggest early humans left Africa and arrived in Asia earlier than previously thought. The artifacts show…
New research from the University of York suggests that highly mobile eyebrows, which can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions, may…
Using state-of-the-art dating techniques researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have obtained new chronological data for the timing of…
Homo naledi’s relatively taller and more wear-resistant molars enabled it to have a much more abrasive diet than other South African hominins. This is the…
A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system…
An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of hominin in South Africa that may have existed alongside modern humans. This small creature…
Researchers present a kinematic model of thumb–index precision grip and manipulative movement based on bony hand morphology in a broad sample of extant primates and…
New research from Harvard University and colleagues from around the globe reveals that the teeth of early hominins grew unlike those of either modern humans…
A nearly 400,000 year old human fossil discovered in a Serbian cave is helping scientists shed new light on human evolution. A fossil fragment of…
A newly published study compares the Denisovan genome with those of the Neandertals and eleven modern humans from around the world, finding that modern populations…
New evidence, presented as fossilized skulls, has been discovered that seems to imply that three different and distinct species belonging to the genus Homo existed…
Ash was discovered in a South African cave, and this indicates that humans were cooking with fire one million years ago. This is the earliest…
The discovery of the Burtele foot fossil is leading researchers to believe that there was more than one early hominin species during the time of…
The Denisova Cave, perched high in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, has been a large natural shelter for humans and animals for tens of…