This timeline aligns with archaeological evidence ... highlights the ongoing influence of Neanderthal ancestry on modern human evolution. The study also revealed regional variations in Neanderthal ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately ...

Despite the primitive appearance of its skull, the erectus skeleton is very similar to that of modern humans, although more robust (thicker and heavier). Homo erectus was probably the first ...

To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans ... species in the story of human evolution.

modern humans – Homo sapiens – did not evolve directly from the apes alive today, but rather we share a common ancestor. Our evolutionary paths diverged from those of chimpanzees and gorillas ...

(Figure 3). There remains little consensus on the timing and tempo of the evolution of modern humans, and new fossil and archaeological data continually reshape, revise, and complicate current ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving human species: us. Investigate ...