Prof Chris Stringer, human evolution expert at the Museum ... The early modern human's legs feature realistic body art His lower legs are stained red with ochre. The remains this model is based on ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG "With Professor Guédé's help, we relocated the original trench and were able to re-investigate it using state of the art methods that were not available thirty to forty ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Witness the echoes of human history unfold at the much-anticipated solo art exhibition, "Reverberations of the Past," curated by Ruchi Atreya. This unique showcase will take place at the prestigious ...

But scientists conclude that this art, some of it brilliant even by today's standards, reflects the development of "symbolic life," an important turning point in hominid evolution that has ...

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...