New research suggests that pale complexions are a relatively recent addition to the continent.

Today, there are more than eight billion of us. Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct species. Yet that moment is surprisingly hard to pin down.

Homo Sapiens have been migrating for at least 70,000 ... Whether 40,000 years ago or 40 months ago, it was all about migration. Those who migrated to the European continent from Africa those ...

Our species Homo sapiens did not appear until roughly 300,000 ... may belong to a population that reached Europe during a migration predating that of Homo antecessor. "We do not know if they ...

The ongoing intrigue should come as no surprise because, for a long time, Neanderthals were the model for the missing link between our own species, Homo sapiens, and the first apelike pre-human ...

The finding also suggests that South Arabia may have been one of the many routes that Homo sapiens took in moving out of Africa. If that is the case, then new theories regarding the migration from ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...