The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage ...
A MAJOR mystery surrounding tiny ancient human cousins nicknamed “Hobbits” has finally been solved. Scientists say they’ve cracked a main puzzle about how the 3-foot-tall species ...
Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside our early human forebears. These unearthed remnants provide a glimpse into ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, ...
Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago, reshaping what is known about our evolution. The 13 ...
When Homo sapiens first emerged in Africa some 300,000 years ago, we did not roam the planet alone. It's an origin story that Ella Al-Shamahi, a British Arab paleoanthropologist, presenter and ...
Until about 60,000 years ago, the Indonesian island of Flores was home to a miniature hominin species called Homo floresiensis – otherwise known as the Hobbit humans. The discovery of this petite ...
In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But our large heads have been slow to ...
Follow Homo sapiens as they venture out of Africa and spread farther than any other human species. Follow Homo Sapiens as they venture across the world, farther than any other human species. See how ...
Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...