Such a discovery could broaden our understanding of human evolution and the interactions between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. However, at this stage, these revelations raise more questions than ...

The origin of modern humans’ long-standing love affair with carbs may predate our existence as a species, according to a new ...

The conclusions are tentative, but it’s possible our closest relatives relied too much on the advantage gravity gave them.

In this tricky comic thriller, a female American secret agent infiltrates a rural French commune of environmental terrorists ...

The acclaimed writer's new book is as erudite as its predecessors, but it’s less self-conscious — funnier and freer.

Scientists continue to investigate "cave men" and origin story of human beings and they believe they may have discovered where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred. The two species are long thought ...

Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently ...

It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

Some years ago, when the topic of the prehistory of the Armenian highlands came up, the first things that would come to mind ...

Neanderthals have had a tough time of it. Early humans played a role in their extinction, but the story didn’t end there.