This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Recent genetic studies highlight how Neanderthal DNA contributes to the sensitivity experienced by modern humans, showcasing ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Fossils offer a detailed record of early human skulls but not the brains inside them. So researchers have been using genetic material taken from those fossils to search for clues about how the human ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

From cave paintings to DNA discoveries, scientists are constantly coming across new clues about their intelligence, culture, and connection to modern humans. With each fresh piece of information, we ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

Here are 10 major Neanderthal findings from 2025 — and what they teach us about our own evolution. The hottest — but also ...

Up until recently, the consensus was that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were separate species. But most humans carry about 2% of Neanderthal DNA, challenging the view that we are different. Other ...

The study was published in the journal 'Genome Biology and Evolution' earlier this week Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in ...

In the winter of 1829, Dutch-Belgian anthropologist Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovered a fossil in a cave in Engis, Belgium — what looked like the partial skull of a small child. Schmerling is ...

Archaeologists working in Europe have found the oldest-known bone spear in Europe, dating back to the Neanderthal age between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago, according to a study published in the Journal ...