A new study challenges the notion that anatomically modern humans began inhabiting rainforest habitats just 70,000 years ago.

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

“Very early modern humans from 40,000 years ago don’t have ... Like these kind of feel good stories? Get The Brighter Side of News' newsletter.

Ancient artifacts such as stone tools and fossils, including ancient human skulls and teeth, provide crucial information for understanding the origins of modern humans. The archaeological record ...

To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy of "knuckle-walking" primates like ...

This species encompasses all archaic human forms such as H. erectus and Neanderthals as well as modern forms, and evolved worldwide to the diverse populations of anatomically modern humans (Homo ...

Specifically, Cann and colleagues hypothesized that the ancestress of all of modern humanity lived only 200,000 years ago, rather than more than a million years ago, when primitive humans first ...