Tag: Human Evolution

Human history is packed with miraculous tales of survival, but none, perhaps, surpass the one which occurred approximately 800,000 years ago. A seminal report in Science informs us that early humans saw the global population decrease dramatically to an all-time low of only 1,280 breeding adults. This near wipeout...

Homo sapiens weren’t the only humans to walk the Earth. At least 14 other human species existed, including our closest relatives—the Neanderthals. These ancient humans thrived in Europe and western Asia for hundreds of thousands of years before mysteriously vanishing around 30,000 years ago. Although extinct, traces of them...