"Who were the Denisovans? Denisovans are the first group of ancient extinct archaic humans to have been discovered based on their DNA alone, even though this happened by accident. In 2008 research was ...

England Lioness star Lucy Bronze and manager Sarina Wiegman are bizarrely asked about Love Island in their pre-match press conference ahead of their Euro 2025 quarter-final against Sweden ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with our faces.

Scientists Found a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Who Lived Long After His People Went Extinct The ‘Lapedo Boy’ was found in 1998, but we only now figured out when he lived.

The last days of the Neanderthals The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big clues to the causes of their demise.

The results confirm that the Neanderthals were a truly separate species, with their ancestors separating from ours between 500,000 and 700,000 years ago, and living on until about 40,000 years ago.

They travelled both inland and along the coasts, by foot and certainly by boat. They covered high and low terrain, in warm and cold, wet and dry – all the while, living by the ancient and enduring ...

The results confirm that the Neanderthals were a truly separate species, with their ancestors separating from ours between 500,000 and 700,000 years ago, and living on until about 40,000 years ago.

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis remains in 1974, recalls the moment he found the iconic fossil.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don ...