Morocco: Ancient fossils shed light on a key period in human evolution

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Human evolution: Facts, news, features and articles about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

What are ghost lineages? Ancient ancestors hiding in modern human DNA whose fossils were never found

Our DNA reveals extinct "ghost lineages" that shaped human evolution, painting a complex, "braided stream" of history rather than a simple progression. These ancient groups, leaving no fossils, ...
PBS

“New” species of an ancient human ancestor helps shape larger view of human evolution

UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of scientists discovered fossilized teeth. UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists discovered ...

The Ancient Cold Snaps That May Have Shaped Human Evolution

This shift, researchers say, marks a climatic tipping point—and it may have shaped the evolution of our species. “Things were ...
Scientific American

Sex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific pattern

Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests ...