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

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 ...

A new study provides quantitative data on cranial vault thickness in Homo antecessor, based on the analysis of three parietal fragments recovered from the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca, ...

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some ...

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 ...

Ancient genomes reveal two unknown human groups, including a 'ghost' lineage that split off 800,000 years ago.

Spain recently revealed what may be western Europe’s oldest face – and it has been hiding in plain sight for over a million years. Bone fragments recovered from the Sima del Elefante cave ...

Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen star in this Western action-comedy directed by Adam Rifkin (“Homo Erectus,” “The Last ...

Sunday's NYT Connections puzzle, number 1162, challenged players with a particularly tricky purple category built around literal English translations of early human species names, anchored by the ...