Homo sapiens

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa, scientists say. In 1978, archaeologists excavating Apidima Cave on the Mani Peninsula of Greece discovered two significant...

Scientists claim to have discovered the place where early humans resided in the midst of their migration from the African continent to Eurasia, solving a 20,000-year missing gap in human history. It has been common knowledge for some time that...

In a cave in the south of France, researchers have recently found artefacts that suggest Homo sapiens were the first in Europe to use bows and arrows as a kind of weaponry. Archery was used in Europe almost 40,000 years...

The idea that two different human species, Homo sapiens (us) and Neanderthals, co-existed in western Eurasia 50–40,000 years ago has long captured the imagination of academics and the public alike. By Rick Schulting It is not surprising that this period –...

Researchers discovered bone fragments in a cave in Central Germany, indicating that our ancestors explored the higher latitudes of Europe over 45,000 years ago. This discovery changed what we have known thus far about the early days of Homo...

In 1868, near the French village of Les Eyzies, a geologist named Édouard Lartet made a significant discovery in a small cave. This find revealed that our modern human roots go way back in history. The discovery happened during road...

A recent study suggests the reason modern Europeans possess less Neanderthal DNA as compared to today's East Asians could be linked to the migration of Ancient Middle Eastern farmers. People with roots outside of Africa typically have around two percent...

Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery of the oldest wooden structure that sheds new light on our history. They've found evidence that humans were using wood to build things much earlier than we originally believed and as early as...

New research from an Israeli archaeological dig has proven that modern humans and Neanderthals lived together some 50,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Paleolithic woman whose human skull was found buried inside a cave in 1881 in the hamlet of Mlade located in today's Czech Republic. The subject was identified as male at the time,...