While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

The remains recovered from the cave complex include the earliest example of Homo erectus - a direct human ancestor Two million years ago, three different human-like species were living side-by ...

Researchers focused on three key events: a bottleneck 900,000 years ago (Event 1), the divergence of modern and archaic humans 650,000 years ago (Event 2), and interbreeding between Homo sapiens ...

This is embodied in the so-called March of Progress illustration where a stooping chimp-like creature gradually morphs into Homo sapiens, apparently the apex of evolution. These days, we know ...

Understanding how early Homo sapiens ventured into Eurasia offers ... This challenges the longstanding view that early humans only expanded during warmer periods. “Until recently, it was thought ...