When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens.

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last common ancestor of present-day humans (Homo sapiens),

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Humans have been missing the mark since the beginning of their evolution, and the key to remedying this is to recognize the illusory separation between ourselves and nature, and to use our powerful cognitive abilities to bring ourselves into harmony with the earth.

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” University of Buffalo biological anthropologist Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel said in a recent profile.