A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The extinct human relative is from the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is ...
Yr-Old Stone Blades Crafted by Homo Sapiens Remain Sharp Still, Tell a Story of Migration and Craftsmanship Human migration ...
The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...
The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a very rare type of Rh factor, distinct from that of Denisovans and early Homo sapiens, which could have been fatal to their newborns. Stéphane ...
An international team of archaeologists, ethnologists and historians has uncovered the oldest-known evidence of stone blade ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a ...
This differentiation in southern Arabia is a key aspect in understanding the chronology and trajectory of early Homo sapiens migrations from Africa to Asia, which occurred in multiple waves ...
A groundbreaking study implicates a specific gene in the evolution of human speech, highlighting its uniqueness to Homo ...
and archaeological evidence has unveiled the Persian Plateau as a pivotal geographic location serving as a hub for Homo sapiens during the early ... Feb. 21, 2024 — Neanderthals created stone ...
The term "hominin" refers to members of the human lineage that includes our own species, Homo sapiens, and its closest extinct relatives. Engraved prehistoric stone artifacts from the Manot (left ...
A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way. Speech allowed us to ...