Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in ... during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg ...

To solve this, scientists are looking at pluripotent stem cells—early-stage cells that can become any tissue in the human ...

A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers. A new archaeological study along the Jordan River, just ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Homo erectus are the first of our relatives to have human-like body proportions ... and there has been significant debate over when early hominins – the group consisting of modern humans ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...

New research on Australopithecus tooth enamel reveals early humans primarily consumed plants, challenging the idea of regular meat consumption. The dietary shift to meat likely started with the ...

A collection of 27 1.5-million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shows early humans had an ability to systematically make tools about a million years earlier than scientists thought.