Homo sapiens

Earliest proof of Neanderthals, Homo sapiens interbreeding discovered by Israeli archaeologists

Discovered approximately 90 years ago, the fossil was reanalyzed using advanced micro-CT scanning and 3D modeling.

The skull of the child from Israel's Skhul Cave, showing the typical cranial curvature of Homo sapiens.
 Ein Denisova-Mensch im Dschungel. Illustration.

„Homo Dickschädel“: Neu entdeckte Menschenart durchstreifte Chinas Wälder mit übergroßen Köpfen

 80,000-year-old Homo sapiens stone blades discovered in Arabia. Illustration.

80,000-year-old Homo sapiens stone blades discovered in Arabia

 Blood incompatibility with Homo sapiens may have led to Neanderthal extinction.

Blood incompatibility with Homo sapiens may have led to Neanderthal extinction


Ancient animal extinction may explain lack of cave art in Israel - study

New Tel Aviv University research suggests prehistoric humans in Israel didn't create cave paintings because large animals had already gone extinct there, unlike in Europe.

 A scene from Upper Paleolithic Chauvet cave, France.

‘Homo bigheads’: Newfound human species roamed China’s woodlands with extra-large heads

Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

 A Denisovan in the jungle. Illustration.

Anything but lean and green: Early humans were apex meat-eaters, study finds

Researchers argue modern hunter-gatherer diets distort our understanding of ancestral eating habits.

 Raw wagyu beef.

People with tails? No, because of this ancient genetic mutation

It is an interesting thought experiment to ponder whether humans could have evolved with tails. The Na'vi people of "Avatar," alas, are science fiction.

 A southern right whale performs a tail slap just off the shore of Puerto Piramides, Argentina, June 26, 2007.

Beyond treatment: Reframing health in our ill-health systems

To examine what that means, we must begin by examining who and what we are in an evolutionary way.

 A man receives a COVID-19 vaccination at a health clinic in Jerusalem

Step this way: When did humans learn how to walk upright? - study

Through digitally recreating the muscles of an early human ancestor, research has shed new light on how humans evolved to walk upright.

 Illustrative depiction of the Australopithecus Afarensis

86,000-year-old human bone shows failed expansions out of Africa - study

The new evidence shows that humans attempted to expand several times before the last successful expansion.

 Reconstruction of what early human ancestor Homo Heidelbergensis may have looked like.

Newly discovered early Homo Sapien footprint sheds light on evolution

Footprints dating back to 153,000 years ago in South Africa are now the oldest Homo Sapien footprints to be discovered.

Slightly larger brains than modern humans, and stronger, but extinct. An illustration of the Neanderthal man.

New archeological evidence suggests Homo sapiens settled Europe in waves - study

How did humans arrive and settle in Europe, and how did they interact with the Neanderthals who were already there?

 An artifact from the Mandrin cave in France.

This pendant is 20,000 years old. Ancient DNA shows who wore it

It became the first prehistoric artifact linked by genetic sleuthing to a specific person. It is unknown whether the woman made or merely wore it.

 Scientist Elena Essel of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology works in the institute’s clean laboratory in Leipzig, Germany on the pierced elk tooth discovered in the Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in this undated handout picture. Scientists have recovered the DNA of a woman.

How did Europe's first farmers survive disease? New study uncovers answers

Early Neolithic groups from Anatolia spread and settled across Europe in the period from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago and became the first farmers.

 An illustrative depiction of early neolithic farming