This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

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

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

In the lush surroundings of northern Zambia, beneath the cascading waters of Kalambo Falls, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has emerged. Researchers ...

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed a 476,000-year-old wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in northern Zambia, offering a ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk — a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago — ...

Neandertal remains in Northern Europe has revealed evidence of selective cannibalism targeting Neandertal females and ...

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