Of all the traits that set humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, language is arguably the most significant.

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

For decades, anthropologists lumped these ancient populations into a single species, Homo heidelbergensis, long believed to ...

In addition to the ancient jawbone, scientists uncovered fossils from a sabre-toothed tiger, wolf, elephant and giraffe along with tools made of stone REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze Scientists on a dig in ...

Well if there's one thing genomic analysis has taught us, it's that no hominid is ever really gone. Seriously though. We've got, what, two Denisovan sites and there is already evidence for possible ...