The study found that humans left Africa and interbred with Neanderthals in three waves: the first between 200,000 to 250,000 years ago, shortly after the first Homo sapiens fossils appeared in ...

A 140,000-year-old skull discovered in Israel suggests a possible Neanderthal-Homo sapien hybrid child. Unearthed in Skhul ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, ...

The study predicted that one to four percent of the genetic differentiation that is seen in modern humans can be explained by variations in the stem populations. These multiple lineages probably had ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

A composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) dated to 300,000 years ago. [Photo: Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig ] ...

Apr. 21, 2021 — A new study is the first-ever to identify the genes for creativity in Homo sapiens that distinguish modern humans from chimpanzees and Neanderthals. The research identified 267 ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, Groups A and B came back together, interbred, and eventually gave rise to Homo sapiens, reshaping our understanding of human evolution. Representative pic Genetic Breakdown ...

For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and descended from a single ...

Before being outbred by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals could have been many things: including the world’s first weavers, artists, and even crab chefs.Their contributions may even go deeper—even to ...

The discovery — In two companion studies published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers describe the discovery of a new ancient Homo — one which lived alongside Homo Sapiens more than ...