Roughly 50,000 years ago, two species of humans met in the shadow of Eurasian ice sheets. One, Homo sapiens, had just ...
Research into ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human evolution, unraveling the intricate genetic ties ...
A study suggests that by the time H. sapiens expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the ...
Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their ...
Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo ...
Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named Homo juluensis, meaning "big head," based ...
While Neanderthals and modern humans lived together in Europe for only a relatively short time, two separate studies found ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened -- and who ...
Homo Alone in all its silliness gifts us that and so much more. A laughter inducing two-hours, expertly executed. Here’s ...
Papers published in the journals Nature and Science have used the bones to narrow down when Neanderthals and H. sapiens ...
An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago.