Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in Europe.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

The story about our ancestors can change at any moment thanks to the tireless work of researchers. In 2022, a team of experts unearthed fragments of a human skull in the Sima del E ...

Maybe you’re getting a little stressed out. Let’s say it’s increasingly difficult to ignore the political news these days. If you’re like me, you’re on the hunt for any information, any news flash ...

Maybe you’re getting a little stressed out. Let’s say it’s increasingly difficult to ignore the political news these days — the stuff about the looming government shutdown, the tariffs, the Tesla ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Homo sapiens: freely-willed choices, or inherent immutable natural drives? “We haven’t changed, since ancient times.”  Mark ...