根据科学研究和考古发现，大约10万年前，地球上至少有6种不同的人类物种存在‌。这些人类物种在漫长的历史中逐渐演化，最终只有智人（现代人类）存活下来‌。 国际权威期刊《林奈学会进化杂志》上，一篇由伦敦自然历史博物馆和鲁汶大学哲学研究所联合发表的研究论文认为，尼安德特人和现代人类并非同一物种。这个尼安德特人究竟是什么来头？尼安德特人和人类应当被划分成不同物种吗？为什么我们的身体中还包含着他们的基因？

Sometimes last month feels like a long time ago, but considering our planet, the long perspective can really help.

在人类演化的漫漫长河中，曾有这样一群“远亲”，凭借遗留下来的基因密码片段，一次次改写我们对人类进化拼图的认知，他们就是丹尼索瓦人。现在，就让我们穿越时空迷雾，一起探寻他们古老的奥秘。丹尼索瓦人在甘加盆地（图源：《知识就是力量》杂志）大家族的踪迹人类曾 ...

The discussion on why the majority of people are right-handed has been attributed to brain functions, evolution, cultural and ...

Hominini appeared in Africa approximately 6 to 7 million years ago. Their evolution has been marked by several species, including Homo habilis, considered one of the first to use tools, and Homo ...

This infusion of nutrients played a great role in our evolutionary history. The human brain of Homo habilis around 2 million years ago grew 50 percent larger to become the Homo erectus brain just ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our understanding of early human evolution. Found in Swartkrans Cave, South ...

I have a good story to tell. It’s not just my story. It may not be impressive, but it’s like many others out there – all of us in fact. Experts estimate that the odds of my (our) existence today ...

According to the experts, humans will look a lot more uniform in the future. They predict the average person will have darker skin and look more like someone from the modern-day cultural melting pots ...