The Denisovans provided the genetic difference for Asian and Australid populations, two of the four “root races” from which ...

Later, in the 1960s, South African archaeologist Glynn Isaac expanded research through further excavations and geological ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

The research puts humans in Europe earlier than previously believed. Multiple cut-marked bones offer a key clue into the ...

Government-led plans to expand energy access with ambitious targets. Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering Africa, transforming economies, and reaching people ...

Back then, many paleoanthropologists thought that present-day human populations evolved regionally from archaic hominins such as Homo erectus, which left Africa about 2 million years ago. In effect, ...

A groundbreaking study highlights that Homo erectus was not just surviving but flourishing in Eastern Africa’s deserts over a million years ago, proving they were ecological pioneers among early ...

Archeological findings have surpassed previous records set by Spain and Turkey with this region now being named the oldest European site yielding human fossils.

Back then, many paleoanthropologists thought that present-day human populations evolved regionally from archaic hominins such as Homo erectus, which left Africa about 2 million years ago.

Also the first to migrate out of Africa in large numbers ... and spread out into more varied areas of the planet – but it seems we haven't been giving Homo erectus enough credit for sticking around ...