Modern Humans and Neanderthals Are Connected! Ancient Mongolian Skull Reveals Stunning Link Deep within Mongolia’s Salkhit ...

The newly discovered gene that sets us apart from Neanderthals - This unique adaptation gave Homo sapiens an evolutionary ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens ...

However, the most fascinating discovery is that the team also found human DNA belonging to the ‘Fournol’ genetic ancestry, a ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread worldwide. Image:Le Moustier’s 1920s art reconstruction of Neanderthals.

sapiens who were exposed to different selection pressures in the new realm of Eurasia. "For any case of inbreeding of a Neanderthal female with a Homo sapiens or Denisova male, there is a high ...

An extremely large brain that’s bigger than that of our species, Homo sapiens, the only surviving hominin. The feature is reflected in the proposed name for the species, revealed by Bae and Wu ...