Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

According to their data, Homo sapiens were present in Ranis 47,500 ... A growing library of evidence has been pushing this timeline back more and more. Hublin and the team's discoveries are ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans for longer than previously thought, with the two species now believed to have coexisted for about 7,000 years, analysis shows. Genomics research has ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

Our human evolution expert Professor Chris Stringer, who has been studying Neanderthals and Homo sapiens for about 50 years, tackles the big question of whether we belong to the same species. Everyone ...

The planet’s inhabitants – Homo sapiens included – face an uncertain future. The loss of biodiversity is just one of the warning signs of a planet in peril. The Ecological Footprint – which measures ...

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human ...

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human family ...