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Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils revealNewly excavated bones from Gran Dolina cave in Spain reveal an ancient human relative practiced cannibalism on adults and children, but researchers still don't know why.
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Scientists show that DNA can last for up to 50,000 years in Africa — much longer than previously thoughtResearchers extracted DNA from long-dead animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic material lasts longer in hot climates than was previously thought.
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100,000 years ago, one of the earliest Homo sapiens outside Africa was stabbed in the face, analysis findsA microscopic analysis of the skull of Qafzeh 25 revealed a cut mark likely made by a stone tool 100,000 years ago.
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Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study findsFossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they may have shared information.
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Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones revealThe extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.
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Early Homo sapiens may have lived in rainforests, new clues suggest — and it could overturn our understanding of human evolutionThe long-held idea that rainforests held a minor role in our species' evolution is changing — and our ability to adapt to these tropical areas may give insight about "what it means to be uniquely human."
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Some of the last surviving Neanderthals were remarkably diverse — suggesting inbreeding didn't doom themSome Neanderthals living in northwestern Europe after 52,500 years ago were surprisingly diverse, suggesting that they didn't all go extinct due to inbreeding.
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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are femaleA cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding.
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Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure whyGenes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.
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