There were at least nine Homo species — including H. sapiens — distributed around Africa, Europe and Asia by about 300,000 years ago, according to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural ...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence in an evolutionary story that began approximately 6 million years ago and ...

This may have made Homo species more resilient and adaptable than Paranthropus was, but unraveling what made H. sapiens ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into a long-lost human species known for their particularly hefty craniums, according to a recent study.. The Julurens — or “big head” people — are ...

Across the world, in every ecosystem, and across all species, drastic biodiversity loss is occurring and it is unequivocally due to human activity. Image credit: F-Focus by Mati Kose/Shutterstock ...

Researchers identify 146,000-year-old 'dragon man' skull as a Denisovan using dental calculus after DNA extraction attempts failed, revealing insights about this human species.

“Scientists estimate that we’ve identified only one-tenth of all species on Earth,” said Dr. Shannon Bennett, chief of science at the California Academy of Sciences, in a statement.