Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

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Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range ...

An analysis of a jawbone found off the Taiwanese coast reveals it belonged to a Denisovan, a mysterious human species that ...

A new study finds that Arabia was once a green corridor of rivers and lakes, enabling animal and human migration between Africa and Eurasia over the past 8 million years. A new study published in ...

Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong, evolved in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago. Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo ...

They proposed a “river network” model of human evolution, where populations ... but their fragmented fossil record limits definitive conclusions. As Wu and Bae emphasize, these groups likely ...