Homo sapiens may rule the world today, but things haven't always been that simple — and we're far from the only humans to ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

If the world feels out of control, dystopian, or even apocalyptic, it's possible to change course. The fate of the human ...

In the 1997 action film 'Dante's Peak', Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

Ancient sediment reveals humans began systematically using fire 50,000 years ago, reshaping global climate patterns.

The small-bodied hominin, named Homo luzonensis, lived on the island of Luzon at least 50,000 to 67,000 years ago. The hominin—identified from a total of seven teeth and six small bones—hosts ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...