A little over 100,000 years ago, groups of prehistoric humans in the Levant suddenly began burying their dead, marking one of ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary discovery that challenges our understanding of early human evolution. A young ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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

Human Evolution Human evolution: Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens. ... Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree.

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.