Homo sapiens
Chinese one-million-year-old Yunxian 2 skull challenges Homo sapiens timeline
Re-dated to between 940,000 and 1.1 million years old and reassigned to Homo longi, the specimen could shift the appearance of large-brained humans back at least 500,000 years.
When the Aegean was meadow, not sea - New mapping traces Homo sapiens’ Turkey detour
Older than Neanderthal rites? New papers double down on the Homo naledi burial hypothesis
Two evolutionary changes underpinning human bipedalism are discovered
Earliest proof of Neanderthals, Homo sapiens interbreeding discovered by Israeli archaeologists
Discovered approximately 90 years ago, the fossil was reanalyzed using advanced micro-CT scanning and 3D modeling.
„Homo Dickschädel“: Neu entdeckte Menschenart durchstreifte Chinas Wälder mit übergroßen Köpfen
Die frühen Menschen der Art Homo juluensis hatten eine große Kopfform, die deutlich umfangreicher war als die von Neandertalern und Homo sapiens.
80,000-year-old Homo sapiens stone blades discovered in Arabia
Findings at Jebel Faya reveal new insights into Homo sapiens migrations out of Africa.
Blood incompatibility with Homo sapiens may have led to Neanderthal extinction
If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic disease.
Ancient animal extinction may explain lack of cave art in Israel - study
New Tel Aviv University research suggests prehistoric humans in Israel didn't create cave paintings because large animals had already gone extinct there, unlike in Europe.
‘Homo bigheads’: Newfound human species roamed China’s woodlands with extra-large heads
Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
Anything but lean and green: Early humans were apex meat-eaters, study finds
Researchers argue modern hunter-gatherer diets distort our understanding of ancestral eating habits.
People with tails? No, because of this ancient genetic mutation
It is an interesting thought experiment to ponder whether humans could have evolved with tails. The Na'vi people of "Avatar," alas, are science fiction.
Beyond treatment: Reframing health in our ill-health systems
To examine what that means, we must begin by examining who and what we are in an evolutionary way.
Step this way: When did humans learn how to walk upright? - study
Through digitally recreating the muscles of an early human ancestor, research has shed new light on how humans evolved to walk upright.
86,000-year-old human bone shows failed expansions out of Africa - study
The new evidence shows that humans attempted to expand several times before the last successful expansion.
