Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The ...

A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to new extinct human species and surprising evidence of ancient behavior once ...

During the harsh conditions in ice age China 146,000 years ago, a remarkable survival strategy was being developed by early ...

Tibetans are comfortable at high altitudes where the air is thin. Now it seems a gene variant that gives them an edge over other people did not evolve in modern humans. It comes from an extinct ...