Modern humans' first migrations. The authors' new evolutionary timelines suggest that the ancient wetland ecosystem provided a stable ecological environment for modern humans' first ancestors to ...

So when did the first modern humans reach each of the seven continents? Out of Africa. The accepted ideas about human ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

When did the first 'modern' human beings appear in the Iberian Peninsula? A research project at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona supports the hypothesis that there was no overlap or ...

New research has stirred up scientific debate about the appearance of the first "modern" human beings on the Iberian Peninsula and their possible bearing on the extinction of the Neanderthals.

These prehistoric beings were far removed from the modern humans that would come to dominate the planet. Early hominids, like ...

Here’s Proof That the First Modern Humans Were Chinese. 3 minute read. 47 human teeth found from the Fuyan Cave, Daoxian S. Xing and X-J. Wu. By Jeffrey Kluger. October 14, 2015 1:01 PM EDT.

A look at some of modern humans' most recent ancestors. Accessibility links. ... The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in Indonesia in 1893.

When modern humans arrived in Europe around 40,000 years ago, they made a discovery that was to change the course of history. The continent was already populated by our evolutionary cousins, the ...

A broken molar and some sophisticated stone pointed tools suggest that Europe’s first known humans may have been living on the continent 54,000 years ago. The findings are detailed in a study ...

Modern humans were estimated to first appear between 42,653 and 42,269 years ago—suggesting a co-existence of 1,400 to 2,900 years. Djakovic said: ...

In this new view of African multiregionalism, some of these ancient humans may also have interbred with archaic hominins in Africa, separately from encounters with Neanderthals and Denisovans in ...