We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?

Spinney makes the case that PIE’s viral spread is, and I quote, “easily the most important event of the last five millennia ...

Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. Researchers have analyzed 917 native forest plant species in Central and ...

The question of where we come from is one that has fascinated humans for centuries,” states Dr. Trevor Cousins of the ...

I was 2 years old when climate scientist James Hansen historically testified before Congress about the “ greenhouse effect ,” and things haven’t exactly gotten better from there. But humming just ...

They focused on the fossil hands of two early human ancestor species recovered from excavations in southern Africa, called ...

This cyclical process of separation and reconnection significantly contributed to the complex genetic mosaic seen in contemporary Homo sapiens. A New Understanding of the Evolutionary Tree The ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these large tree roots that grow above the soil can produce low frequency sounds.

Max Telford's new book, The Tree of Life, is a millennia-spanning exploration of the history – and future – of evolutionary ...

Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct species ... We often imagine the human evolutionary tree as a grander version of a personal family tree ...

These early Homo sapiens pioneers in Europe faced harsh Ice ... indicating their population died out - a lost branch of the human family tree. Zlaty kun's remains illustrate a hazardous landscape.

homo neanderthalensis or homo sapiens.' While the human family tree was once considered fairly simple, recent years have seen a sudden bloom of new offshoots. For example, in 2003, scientists ...