The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a ...

Two Distinct Groups Mated Over Hundreds and Thousands of Years to Give Us the Modern Humans Human evolution has always been a ...

T he point at which ancient humans developed the weaponry for long-distance hunting is a matter of fierce debate amongst ...

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies ...

From the beginning of time to the origins of life, our "when" special series tackles the timing of crucial events and the ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

I am going to tell you all about the latest announced new species of human, Homo juluensis, proposed to have lived between 300,000 and 50,000 years ago. The scientists who made this announcement ...

Our genus, Homo, emerged at least 2.8 million years ago, while our species, Homo sapiens, dates back to at least 300,000 years ago. So early Homo species overlapped with Paranthropus.

The finished artwork, called “Ecce Homo” - meaning “Behold, The Man” in English - shows Jesus standing next to Pontius Pilate, who presided over the last stages of Jesus’ trial before he ...

Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread worldwide. Image:Le Moustier’s 1920s art reconstruction of Neanderthals.