Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

It may seem like humans are supreme among all of Earth's creatures, but some other species are quite capable of dominating ...

But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two dozen species of human ancestors in Europe, Africa, and Asia—which you can see mapped out in the infographic below.

Some of these extinct humans were very similar to our species in terms of both physical attributes and cultural achievements, ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has i dentified the gene responsible for a ...