Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

The origin of modern ... over 100,000 years, humans split into at least four species - homo sapiens in Africa and the Middle East, Homo neanderthalensis in Europe and Homo floresiensis in southern ...

(CNN) — A cache of human ... become Homo sapiens. In this scenario, the Xujiayao fossils, and others with unusual features unearthed in China, were classified as intermediates between more primitive ...

ancient humans had spread to many of the islands of modern-day Indonesia and Malaysia. On one now known as Flores, east of Java and Bali, they evolved into a dwarfed species, Homo floresiensis.

But it’s never been clear what species the bones belonged to or where they should sit in an increasingly complex human family ... hominins such as Homo erectus and more modern ones.

The most remarkable feature of Homo juluensis is its cranial capacity, estimated to be between 1,700 and 1,800 cubic centimeters—larger than that of modern humans. The species name draws from ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed ... intermediates between more primitive hominins such as Homo erectus and more modern ones. The multiregional scientific model, which ...