Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans ...

Could Homo sapiens and a now-extinct early human species have lived alongside each other on an Indonesian more than 65,000 ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A jawbone found in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau in China is providing surprising insights into Denisovans, the enigmatic extinct cousins to Neanderthals and our own species, ...

Ancient human DNA has been found in cave dirt in Croatia, but without any skeletal remains, scientists say A group of German scientists have found the DNA of extinct humans - without finding any ...

'Hobbits' are thought to have become extinct around the time modern humans arrived SCIENTISTS have found new clues about a mysterious ancient human species – indicating they roamed around the earth a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How do Tibetans thrive in high-altitude, low-oxygen conditions that would make others wither? Well, they may have received some help from an unexpected source. Scientists said ...

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

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 ...

The DNA of extinct humans can be retrieved from sediments in caves - even in the absence of skeletal remains. Researchers found the genetic material in sediment samples collected from seven ...

Researchers found the genetic material in sediment samples collected from seven archaeological sites. The remains of ancient humans are often scarce, so the new findings could help scientists learn ...