Human Origins

A genetic study has revealed the existence of a previously unknown hunter-gatherer group that lived in Siberia upwards of 10,000 years ago.

Modern humans have a youthful brain, and this "Peter Pan syndrome" is also seen in Neanderthals.

From when our ancient relatives began walking on two feet to the first known medical amputation on Homo sapiens, here's what we learned in 2022 about our human ancestors.

The tooth's owner was primarily a meat eater.

Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa may be much older than previously thought.

Researchers in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that may have belonged to a Denisovan girl who lived up to 164,000 years ago.

Modern humans and now-extinct human relatives may have mingled at the site.

The tree shows how modern and ancient humans are related.

The new date estimate makes the remains the oldest uncontested Homo sapiens in Africa.

Here's 10 discoveries we made about human evolution over the last year.

Ancient footprints reveal a mysterious relative of humans may have lived at the same time and in the same area as the famous human ancestor "Lucy" in Tanzania.

Scientists have unearthed the oldest fossils to date of the mysterious human lineage known as the Denisovans.

Scientists recently found that a so-called jumping gene may have jumped ship millions of years ago, and taken our tails with it.

A newly described skull from China may belong to an extinct sister species of Homo sapiens.

Mysterious human may have been the ancestor of Neanderthals.