Learn how scientists examined DNA to find out the duration of Neanderthal-human interbreeding and track down the Neanderthal genes that humans inherited.

Nature Communications - When hominins dispersed into Eurasia is unclear. Here, the authors present multiple cut-marked bones from Grăunceanu, Romania dated to at least 1.95 million years ago...

Recent genome-level studies on the divergence of early Homo sapiens, based on single nucleotide polymorphisms, suggest that the initial population division w...

A man 43,000 years ago dipped a finger in red pigment and made a nose on a face-like pebble in Spain, scientists say

Additional data from an adjacent ancient lake support a 23,000-year-old age for human tracks in New Mexico.

A grim discovery.

A DNA analysis suggests mosquitoes shifted from nonhuman primates to early humans nearly 2 million years ago.

Scientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects.