WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

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Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

These three connected stories about the whole of human history can’t quite sustain the necessary emotional heft.

The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.

CENIEH is part of the international team publishing in Nature Ecology & Evolution a comprehensive review of two million years of fossil and ...

Saisudha Acharya’s History Unpacked book series was conceived when she was teaching at the alternative school her son ...

The birth of writing could be 40,000 years earlier than previously thought after scientists found etchings in a German cave.

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a ...

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, surprising archaeologists who made the discovery. The researchers discerned ...

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...