A long time ago, something amazing happened—Homo sapiens, or early humans like us, became the most important and powerful species on Earth. Our road to dominance wasn't easy. To get here ...

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 ...

Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

It is now clear that tools antedate man, and that their use by prehuman primates gave rise to Homo sapiens Presenting a series of articles on the human species, with special reference to its origins.

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans ...

One study unveiled two of the oldest Homo sapiens genomes so far sequenced, which were more than 42,000 years old, and revealed the individuals likely had dark skin, dark hair and brown eyes.

The findings help pin down dates for out-of-Africa migration and the dispersal of Homo sapiens. A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined ...

Findings such as the fossil "hobbits" in Flores (H. floresiensis) and the enigmatic Homo species from Dmanisi have dramatic implications for human evolution, and the significance of these has yet ...