A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

Ochre clay used in body painting gave our ancestors protection against a rise in harmful UV radiation, say scientists ...

A U.K. startup wants to be the SpaceX of the deep sea, and hopes to establish a permanent human residence on the ocean floor ...

Fossils unearthed in South Africa turn out to be of an extinct human cousin that used to stand upright and was vulnerable to ...

Scientists have identified an ancient jawbone found in Taiwan as belonging to the enigmatic Denisovans, an extinct group of ...

At one time, at least three human ancestor groups — Denisovans, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens — coexisted in Eurasia and sometimes interbred, researchers say. “We can identity Neanderthal ...

At one time, at least three human ancestor groups — Denisovans, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens — coexisted in Eurasia and sometimes interbred, researchers say. “We can identity Neanderthal ...

At one time, at least three human ancestor groups — Denisovans, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens — coexisted in Eurasia and sometimes interbred, researchers say. “We can identity Neanderthal ...