Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

The knowledge of how to make fire rather than relying on the exploitation of naturally occurring fire marked a key ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne use simulations to investigate the likelihood of interactions between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula / publication in ...

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 ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

A new study finds tiny Neanderthal DNA differences shaped their powerful jaws, revealing how small genetic changes influence ...

Scientists discovered a new human species, Homo juluensis, in the Xujiayao site in China that lived 200,000 years ago.

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...