“They redefine the concept of Homo sapiens by creating this category of ‘early modern humans’ that I’ve never seen before.” While Hawks applauds the researchers for their careful re ...

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

Harvard evolutionary biologist Dr. Daniel E. Lieberman challenges modern fitness obsessions, suggesting humans evolved for ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.

Over a period of nine months, Ponzi went on to steal the modern equivalent of $250mn from thousands of investors, leading to ...

Modern humans wandered in from the southeast and found a continent already home to a very different kind of human: the ...

in creating art." Neanderthals were a distinct species of early humans that went extinct around 40,000 years ago but lived alongside modern humans in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

A Nature study shows Arabia was periodically lush over 8 million years, creating migration corridors for early humans and ...

Fred Smith, the indefatigable founder of FedEx and the man who more or less invented modern express logistics, passed away ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.