At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago? This is the question posed by ...

Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas. Now, a new study led by the ...

Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever has. However, the other members of our species' lineage weren't nearly as ...

A gene called ADSL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. When you purchase through ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. One of the things I try to do in Our Human Story is answer ...

Yes, we might think we’re invincible and capable of doing everything on our own, like John Wayne or James Bond; that is, until we suffer a serious injury or illness, or reach old age. That’s when we ...

Could we – that is, Homo sapiens – and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago? This is the ...