human origins

Before Homo sapiens Had a Name: 773,000-Year-Old Fossils in Morocco Redraw Humanity’s Deepest Roots

For decades, the search for humanity’s deepest origins revolved around a familiar map: East Africa as the unquestioned cradle, Europe as the stage for later…

DNA Evidence from Çayönü Tepesi Is Redrawing the Origins of Neolithic Communities

In southeastern Anatolia, at the prehistoric settlement of Çayönü Tepesi, human bones that have rested underground for millennia are beginning to tell a new story.…

7,000-Year-Old Neolithic Burial Unearthed in Kazakhstan Marks the Country’s Earliest Known Human Grave

A team of archaeologists has uncovered Kazakhstan’s oldest known human burial at the Koken settlement, revealing a chapter of human history that predates the dawn…

Ancient Human Genome from South Africa Reveals One of the Oldest Maternal Lineages Ever Found

A 2,300-year-old skeleton discovered on South Africa’s west coast has provided one of the earliest genetic links to humanity’s common ancestor — a woman known…