A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if dinosaurs never went extinct and changed human evolution, imagining ...

Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Human activity has accelerated extinction rates, raising concerns that we may be entering a sixth mass extinction.

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Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to ...

Remains found at the Nesher Ramla settlement in Israel reveal that archaic humans hunted wild cattle 120,000 years ago.

Could we - that is, Homo sapiens - and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

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