A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

For years, researchers have puzzled over what ultimately led to the Neanderthals’ disappearance, but a compelling new study ...

Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, ...

Stone tools reexamined from Tunel Wielki Cave in southern Poland are now believed to date between 450,000 and 550,000 years ago, far older than first thought. The tools were found alongside animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long thumb and straight fingers would have allowed Paranthropus boisei to form a powerful grip, similar to how modern humans ...

A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

"As humans we have a unique capacity and moral obligation to steward the earth for the benefit of ourselves and all living ...