Modern Humans

Humans (Homo sapiens) are the most common and widespread species of primate.

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Modern Humans Thrived While Neanderthals Disappeared, But Not Due to Our Brains

Toba supereruption may have facilitated dispersal of modern humans out of Africa

Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

Mysterious artifacts suggest modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side for millennia

Who Were the First Modern Humans To Settle in Europe? Scientists Shed New Light

Europe was not covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans

Ancient Denisovan DNA Could Be Increasing Modern Humans’ Risk of Mental Health Disorders Like Depression

Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell

Revealing the Neanderthal Legacy: Modern Humans Inherited More Than You Think

3D Muscle Reconstruction Reveals 3.2 Million-Year-Old “Lucy” Could Stand As Erect as Modern Humans

Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago

Lingering effects of Neanderthal DNA found in modern humans

Modern Humans Inherited Nose Shape Gene from Neanderthals, Study Says

It Took Waves of Modern Humans to Claim Europe From Neanderthals

Revealed: modern humans needed three tries – and 12,000 years – to colonise Europe

Some of the earliest modern humans in Europe used bows and arrows

This May Be The Oldest Fragment of Modern Humans in Europe, Or Something Even Rarer

Modern humans evolved a 'selfish' X chromosome after Africa exodus

Co-Existence of Modern Humans and Neanderthals in France and Northern Spain

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have overlapped, shared culture in Western Europe