Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Newly published research appearing in the journal Nature (Ragsdale, A. P. et al., “A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa,” Nature [2023]) proposes a new interpretation regarding the ...

Recent research challenges the idea that natural selection favored larger human brains. Scientists analyzed fossil skulls and ...

Of the six or more different species of early humans, all belonging to the genus Homo, only we Homo sapiens have managed to survive. Now, a study reported in the journal One Earth on October 15 ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

Almost a quarter of a century ago, archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient man about 1 m tall on the Indonesian ...

Excavations in an Israeli sinkhole have unveiled a previously unknown Stone Age hominid group that contributed to the evolution of the human genus, Homo. Inhabitants of a site called Nesher Ramla, who ...

The new species, Homo luzonensis, was discovered in a cave on the Filipino island of Luzon Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, ...

As the last ones standing, we Homo sapiens like to think of ourselves as the winners, but the truth is that one of our ...