The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Dive into the world of our ancient cousins and discover the key differences between Paranthropus and Homo. Understanding ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Humans aren’t the only animals with numerical awareness, although we are alone in our ability to perform symbolic manipulations of numbers. Taking a deep-dive into the evolutionary roots of our ...

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

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

The work explores how AI can become an ally of humans, enhancing rather than replacing their cognitive, creative, and design ...

Recent research clobbered that theory by showing pre-modern hominins evolution unique to Europe: The fossil, uncovered at the ...