At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago? This is the question posed by ...

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that has to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a number of ...

New tool discoveries show that early humans crossed a major deep-sea barrier to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi much earlier than previously thought. Researchers from Griffith University and ...

Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever has. However, the other members of our species' lineage weren't nearly as ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago?

A gene called ADSL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. When you purchase through ...