At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

A paper reveals a persuasive case that an extinct human ancestor tried to hibernate. The evidence is from nutritional diseases that leave permanent marks on the skeleton. This group of humanlike ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago?

A paper reveals a persuasive case that an extinct human ancestor tried to hibernate. The evidence is from nutritional diseases that leave permanent marks on the skeleton. This group of humanlike ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long thumb and straight fingers would have allowed Paranthropus boisei to form a powerful grip, similar to how modern humans ...

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...