An international team from Tel Aviv University and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research announced that a reanalysis of a child’s skull from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel provided ...

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...

How did the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens separate from the ancestors of modern apes? A key ingredient leading to modern human beings, according to researchers at the University of ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings ...

Discovery of Quina technology challenges view of ancient human development in East Asia Date: March 31, 2025 Source: University of Washington Summary: Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina ...

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

“Large brains and dexterous hands are considered pivotal in human evolution, together making possible technology, culture and ...

The fossilized chompers are evidence of a previously unknown hominin that coexisted with the earliest humans 2.8 million ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...