Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

The research, published in Communications Biology, provides the first direct evidence that manual dexterity and brain ...

The world-famous pre-human fossil known as "Lucy" is going on display in Europe for the first time as part of a Prague ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...

New research reveals that primates with longer thumbs tend to have larger brains, suggesting that manual dexterity and brain ...

The teeth also confirm that there were at least four types of hominins throughout East Africa at the time, with a fifth ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Denisovan-derived DNA shaped Indigenous American ancestry, helping early peoples adapt to new environments, foods, and ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

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