Latest about Human Evolution
'Simply did not work': Mating between Neanderthals and modern humans may have been a product of failed alliances, says archaeologist Ludovic Slimak
"When two populations are close to one another but they are very distinct — maybe they can have a different language and different traditions, they are in neighboring territories — they are going to exchange their women."
1st known tuberculosis cases in Neanderthals revealed in prehistoric bone analysis
A look at two Neanderthal skeletons reveals that they could get tuberculosis, and it may have contributed to their extinction.
Did art exist before modern humans? New discoveries raise big questions.
Feature Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.
When did Homo sapiens first appear?
What's the oldest fossil evidence humans have for our species?
Weathered face of 'old man' Neanderthal comes to life in amazing new facial reconstruction
A new facial reconstruction depicts a Neanderthal whose skeleton was found by priests in a French cave.
Humans and Neanderthals mated 250,000 years ago, much earlier than thought
A comparison of the genomes of a Neanderthal who lived 120,000 years ago in Siberia with those from modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed insight into the migratory and interbreeding history of both species.
Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claims
A newly described fossil suggests that the ancestor of humans and apes arose in Europe, not in Africa.
Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.
