An unidentified early hominin tooth fossil was uncovered in Ethiopia, indicating that two lineages of early hominins ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

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A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

The modern Homo Sapiens didn’t just follow other human species; they overlapped with them. Homo sapiens lived alongside Neanderthals and Denisovans, sometimes for thousands of years.

Cave dwelling, clothing and sunscreen may be the reason Homo sapiens outlasted the Neanderthals, a new study suggests. Neanderthals became extinct about 40,000 years ago, leaving modern humans as ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...