Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

This discovery has major implications for our understanding of human migration out of Africa. The fossil, now called Apidima 1, is not only much older than the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils in ...

Homo sapiens emerged approximately 230,000 years ago ... A type of genetic material inherited from the mother, often used to trace ancestral lineages and human migration patterns. The researchers ...

A Denisovan jawbone found off Taiwan's coast shines light on their expansive range across Eurasia. DNA extraction was not ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but scientists have now discovered that some chose to remain ...

A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the Laschamps excursion.

Findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, show that different hominin groups, including Homo sapiens and Neanderthal ... stop on the path of human migration.