Long before genetic testing and genome browsers, a small child was laid to rest in a shallow grave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel. Today that youngster, known as Skhūl, is at the center of a scientific debate that reaches far beyond ...

Earlier migrations relied on “green corridors”—temporary windows of perfect weather that allowed people to move through once-harsh deserts. But by 70,000 years ago, something changed in Africa. Humans began living in a wider, more punishing range of environments.

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when they died out.

This is something of a misnomer, for Eve was neither the first modern human nor the only woman alive 200,000 years ago. But she did live at a time when the modern human population was small—about 10,000 people, according to one estimate.

Momentous encounters -- Neanderthal ancestors -- Neanderthals and their world -- The quiet people -- The ten thousandth grandmother -- Great mobility -- The realm of the Lion Man -- Fat, flints, and furs -- The Gravettians -- The power of the hunt -- The ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analysed the dynamics of possible encounters between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula during the Palaeolithic period ...