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Ancient remains found in Indonesia belong to a vanished human lineage
Ancient DNA from a woman who lived 7,200 years ago reveal she belongs to a vanished human lineage.
Cave thought to hold unicorn bones actually home to Neanderthal artwork
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare instance of Neanderthal-created art in a German cave once famous for its "unicorn bones."
What are Homo sapiens?
All living humans are Homo sapiens. Here's what scientists know about the origin of our species.
Prehistoric cannibal victim found in death cave ID'ed as a young girl
"The Boy of Gran Dolina," a young individual in the extinct Homo antecessor species found at a site in Spain, is actually female, according to new analysis of dental remains.
First 'Homo' species left Africa with ape-like brains
Early members of the genus Homo didn't have advanced brains.
10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2020
Some human ancestors are known only as "ghost" populations.
1st instance of microevolution in early human relative discovered
Changes previously thought to be sex differences in a human relative are actually due to microevolution, a new study finds.
An astronomer calculated that Earth's intelligent life is probably 'rare.' Here's what that means.
A new paper used an advanced "Bayesian" model to show that the emergence of intelligent life on Earth was probably a lucky break.
