Human Evolution

A recent study suggests humans and Neanderthals mated earlier than we thought, roughly 250,000 years ago. According to a 2016 study, they first interbred about 75,000 years ago. Although these early humans vanished, they left a mark in the...

The first Neanderthal footprints from the Iberian Peninsula discovered last year may have belonged to other members of the genus ‘Homo.’ A little over a year ago, we reported on a large area at the foot of the Asperillo cliff...

A recent study shows that prehistoric footprints found in Tanzania may hold the key to understanding how early humans began walking upright. The footprints, which were fossilized in volcanic ash 3.66 million years ago, are shedding new light on the...