Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

This Homo sapiens skull found in Tam Pa Ling Cave by Demeter’s team in 2010 is at least 46,000 years old. Photograph by Justin Jin A molar uncovered by Suzzoni belongs to the elusive hominins ...

Gurche then overlaid muscle on to the face by following markings on the skull left behind from chewing, revealing the first ...

This skull, however, is teaching us more about our own history as a species. Today's modern humans (aka- us) are of the ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

There were also differences in the development of the brain. At birth, Neandertals and Homo sapiens still have brains of about the same size and elongated skulls. While in modern humans the typical ...

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to ...

Homo sapiens evolved through a series of significant ... 24 of which are associated with brain functions and skull morphology. These genetic changes emerged soon after the divergence and are ...

These early Homo sapiens pioneers in Europe faced harsh Ice ... Zlaty kun’s remains illustrate a hazardous landscape. “Marks on the skull hint towards predators, possibly hyenas, to have ...