An 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This ...

Researchers have found that a spear tip carved from bone, unearthed from Russia in 2003, is as old as 80,000 years.

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Scientists have uncovered Neanderthal tools in a place we thought Neanderthals never went to. Learn what might explain this ...

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WE are Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern human beings belong. It actually means "wise man” in Latin because Homo sapiens had the smarts to survive the evolutionary game that ...

Changes in Earth's orbit have helped pace climatic change for millennia. Scientists are now trying to understand whether - and how - these changes remodeled the landscapes our ancient ancestors ...

The last common ancestor of both the Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis is now seen as Homo heidelbergensis, but what do we know about this enigmatic species of ancient humans? The discovery ...

However, Homo Sapiens managed to survive and a paper has revealed how. According to a study, Homo Sapiens used sunscreen, tailored clothes and caves to protect themselves from the event. A study ...