There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

This Homo sapiens skull found in Tam Pa Ling Cave by ... could belong to a hominin relative closer to modern humans than either Neanderthals or Denisovans—a tantalizing clue that inches us ...

New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began ...

The emergence of artistic expression, abstract thought, and symbolic behavior may have occurred much earlier in human history ...

The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

Discover some of the oldest remnants left by archaic humans: stone tools ... It was here that the largest and most intact Neanderthal skull ever recorded was found. In the evening, you will ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed ... Its large, low and wide shape was completely distinct from the skulls of other known hominin species, such as Neanderthals or Homo erectus, ...

Millions of years ago, giant rhinoceroses roamed the grasslands that stretched from Ukraine to Siberia. One species, ...

much remains unknown about these early humans, as their fossil record is incredibly sparse compared to that of Neanderthals. But thanks to a skull that was hidden in northeastern China for over ...

The most striking characteristic of this previously unknown human ancestor ... was completely distinct from the skulls of other known hominin species such as Neanderthals or Homo erectus, and ...