The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, from who we met to how we survived. Instead of a simple story of ...

A crushed ancient skull may hold clues to the origins of ancient humans. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...

Human bones in a German cave place Homo Sapiens in Europe 7,500 years earlier than experts thought. The findings suggest Homo sapiens lived near Neanderthals for millennia, which is a new revelation.

A fresh analysis of tools from several Southeast Asian sites is prompting researchers to rethink how—and when—early humans ...