Archaeologists have found evidence that dramatically rewrites human history. A 210,000-year-old Homo sapiens skull fragment ...

A study comparing fossil skulls and great ape anatomy reveals how temporal lobes evolved in response to social complexity and ...

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may ...

Early Homo sapiens and their Neanderthal cousins started burying their dead around the same time and roughly the same place, some 120,000 years ago. This suggests the two species may have had, at ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

The temporal lobe—a key area of our brain responsible for our memory and communication—could also reveal hidden clues about ...

Around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, these early humans embarked on one of the greatest migrations ... leading to the diversity we see in humans today. Neanderthals skull via Pexels. The Persian Plateau ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...