The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

The Out of Africa theory describes how early human species evolved in Africa before migrating across Eurasia and beyond. This ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Scientists reconstructed the fossil of a skull found in Ethiopia, dating back 1.5 million years, and were stunned by what they learned. Digital reconstruction is an area of technology that allows ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull suggests Homo erectus evolved through a messy transition, with multiple human forms coexisting.

EU-backed crackdown in Mauritania halts migrant boats to Spain, leaving thousands like Diallo stranded and sparking rights ...