The origin of our species, Homo sapiens, has puzzled paleoanthropologists for generations — and finding the answer has only gotten more complicated with the discovery of far-flung fossils and the ...

It is called Radiocarbon 3.0: it is the newest method developments in radiocarbon dating, and promises to reveal valuable new insights about key events in the earliest human history, starting with the ...

April 7 (Reuters) - DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populations to ...

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The first Homo sapiens appeared on the planet some 200,000 years ago. But even though they looked fully human, they didn't act fully human until... How Homo Sapiens Became 'Masters Of The Planet' IRA ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, an international team of researchers led by Binghamton University examine an almost 150-year-old fossil mandible discovered in Banyoles, ...

Homo sapiens began as a small population vulnerable to predators, climate shifts, and stronger rival species. Yet through cooperation, creativity, and communication, they developed tools, strategies, ...

Modern humans were not always the dominant species on Earth. For tens of thousands of years, Homo sapiens shared the planet ...