What if everything we thought we knew about our origin was wrong? In 2017, discoveries in Morocco rocked the world, revealing ...

The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

We currently stand at an inflection point in history – we will likely soon witness the so-called AI revolution either succeed ...

Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been ...

Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...