The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Learn how precisely dated fossils from Morocco reveal a population with a mix of archaic and emerging traits, helping clarify ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through interbreeding about 300,000 years ago. The genetic mixture is approximately 80% from one ...

We frequently hear about “fertility crises” in Sub-Saharan Africa or “overcrowding” in South Asia and Latin America, yet ...

Humanity could be on the cusp of a civilizational collapse, according to population ecologist William Rees. In November 2022, the global population hit 8 billion, according to estimates by the United ...

The U.N. predicts the world population will reach eight billion by November 15. Grant Faint via Getty Images The population of humans on Earth is expected to reach eight billion by November 15, ...

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with humans.

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...