New fossil evidence from Romania suggests hominins reached Eurasia 200,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping human ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Researchers have found evidence that early humans arrived in Europe half a million years earlier than previously thought at a ...

Many scholars reserve it for modern humans like us, even though we have Neanderthal genes and they shared at least 90% of our hominin history from its beginnings around 8 million years ago.

Prior to this discovery, the site of Dmanisi in the country of Georgia was thought to contain the oldest evidence of hominin ...

The story of human evolution is not one of neat, linear progression with a concrete beginning and end. Instead, it is a tale of a family tree whose complex and bushy branches stretch over many ...

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...

Paleontologists and other life scientists would do well to incorporate such Indigenous knowledge into continuing investigations of hominin evolution in Indonesia and elsewhere. For reasons I discuss ...

But, it is unclear when cumulative culture first developed during hominin evolution. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Arizona State University ...

others quickly follow suit Sarah Kuta New research suggests modern humans aren't the only hominin species capable of "ecological flexibility" Sarah Kuta Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore ...

Let’s explore some common myths and misconceptions about evolution. The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner ...