More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

Homo erectus survived for nearly two million years and spread farther than any earlier known human species, reaching from Africa into western Asia, China, and Indonesia. Fossils suggest the species ...

Credit: IVPP Enamel proteins from Homo erectus teeth suggest genetic links to Denisovans while offering a less destructive way to study ancient human fossils. A handful of ancient teeth may preserve ...

Homo erectus was among the first ancient human species that would have looked recognizably human to us. Walking fully upright, these resourceful hunters spread beyond Africa, fashioned sophisticated ...

University of Bath expert Nick Longrich has warned that humans are "inevitably" on the path to extinction — it is a question ...

Scientists have discovered various Denisovan remains in Southwest China dating to the late Middle Pleistocene, including the first Denisovan radius—one of two long bones in the forearm.

A University of Bath expert warned human extinction is "inevitable" due to existential risks including climate change, ...

Modern genomes preserve traces of ancient relatives that mixed with human ancestors in Africa and Eurasia.

A new genetic technique uncovered traces of two unknown human lineages, including one that split from our ancestors 1.8 ...

Anthropologists studying the hip bones of Homo floresiensis have discovered that its pelvis was human-like, raising new questions about the origin of the enigmatic species.

Scientists have identified traces of two previously unknown ancestral populations hidden in modern human DNA, offering new ...