The very first people to set foot in South America belonged to a previously unknown group of hunter-gatherers that later disappeared without a trace, a new study suggests. Initially crossing the ...

Human population growth and overconsumption are at the root of our most pressing ... When the human race — Homo sapiens sapiens — migrated out of Africa to the Middle East 90,000 years ago, to Europe ...

Fossil fragments found in a cave in northern Spain reveal a previously unknown human population that lived over 1.1 million years ago. The partial skull represents the earliest known human fossils ...

The genomes were recovered from seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in ... early modern human population contributed to later ... 12). Oldest modern human ...

An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research.

January 12, 2025 7:48 AM ET. Heard ... ice. It seemed like there weren't a lot of human beings left at a certain point. BARBANTE: Well, this period of time, around 900,000 years ago, is extremely ...

Different human groups in Europe "actually went extinct several times — including Neanderthals going extinct around that time, 40,000 to 45,000 years ago," he said.

Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth Published: August 31, 2022 12:40pm EDT Peter C. Kjærgaard , University of Copenhagen , Mark Maslin ...