The Pith: I review a recent paper which argues for a southern African origin of modern humanity. I argue that the statistical inference shouldn't be trusted as the final word. This paper reinforces ...

A single ‘garden of Eden’ location where humans are believed to have originated has been discovered in Africa. DNA analysis has identified the “cradle of mankind” for our ancient ancestors was in ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

10:01, Sat, Feb 24, 2024 Updated: 11:15, Mon, Feb 26, 2024 In fact, the findings have the potential to reshape our understanding of the cultural development of Homo sapiens during their migration ...

Scientists have pinpointed a fertile river valley in northern Botswana as the ancestral home of all human beings. The earliest anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) arose 200,000 years ago in a ...

The bone, specifically a hip bone known as an ilium, was excavated from a cave in France several decades ago but has only now been analysed. Discovered in the vast Grotte du Renne cave complex, the ...

Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambezi River. The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, which may have ...

Modern humans were living in England as long as 44,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought, according to new research. Analysis of a jawbone fragment discovered in a Devon cave suggests ...

Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

Evidence from a quarry in southern England is shedding extraordinary new light on the evolution of human intelligence. Arguably, the most important driving force that enabled early humans to evolve ...

An ancient bone discovered in a French cave could prove the existence of an unknown human species. The bone, which is believed to be a hip bone, is known as an ilium and was excavated from a cave in ...