Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary discovery that challenges our understanding of early human evolution. A young ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Neanderthals arose about 430,000 years ago, living in Europe and central Asia until their demise some 40,000 years ago.

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing ...