New research suggests that ‘early human pioneers’ in Australia interbred with archaic species of hobbits at least 60,000 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. “Our superpower is that we are ecosystem generalists,” said ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A skull discovered in 2021 nicknamed “Dragon Man” has been identified as belonging to a group of early hominins known as Denisovans. Evidence of ...

Continuous landmasses, now submerged, may have made it possible for early humans to cross between present-day Turkiye and Europe, new landmark research of this largely unexplored region reveals. The ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.