The genetic hardware that gave rise to humanity’s unique language capabilities first emerged at least 135,000 years ago, when ...

Genome-level research suggests early Homo sapiens may have begun using language around 135,000 years ago. While all human ...

This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

For the vast majority of our planet’s history, there were no humans. Today, there are more than eight billion of us. Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a ...