Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

On Earth today, there is only one species of humans. Us. Homo sapiens to use our scientific term. But this was not always the ...

University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor’s Study Provides a New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding with ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

A groundbreaking discovery in northern Saudi Arabia has uncovered ancient human footprints that shed new light on the ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

The major difference between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal indicates that Neanderthals were outcompeted by the former.

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Many species of animals go through mass migrations, but there’s likely no species on Earth that has migrated to more ...

What may surprise you, though, is how well our most ancient ancestors ate. One reason they led quite a healthy life was that ...

An evolutionary biologist in China has built a case against the long-reigning 'out of Africa' theory, which suggests modern ...

Every episode of season 4 of The Big Questions podcast is now available, where we explore the biggest questions in science ...