The burial site, considered one of the world’s oldest cemeteries, has long been a point of intrigue for scientists. The ...

This archaic human is unique, the researchers explain, because its skull contains a blend of features considered archetypical of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, as well as other archaic human species.

An analysis of a 160,000-year-old archaic human molar fossil discovered in China offers the first morphological evidence of interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in Asia.

The remains of five early Homo sapiens have been unearthed at a site in northwest Africa. At around 300,000 years old, the fossils are a whopping 100,000. Skip to content Gizmodo. Search .

A 100,000-year-old jawbone, complete with a pair of teeth, from Zhirendong retains some archaic traits like a less prominent chin, but otherwise appears so modern that it may represent Homo sapiens.

Archaic Homo sapiens and other human subspecies were plenty happy to intermingle socially and sexually whenever the opportunity presented itself. In fact, ...

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.

All living humans are Homo sapiens. ... Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens; Who were the Denisovans, archaic humans who lived in Asia and went extinct around 30,000 years ago?

Around 100,000 years ago, a group of Homo sapiens-like humans buried five of their dead at Timshenet cave, along with grave goods consisting of animal remains and chunks of red ochre.At the same ...

The newfound Homo sapiens fossils — three young adults, one adolescent and a child of 7 or 8 — date back roughly 300,000 years, says a study in this week’s Nature.