Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence in an evolutionary story that began approximately 6 million years ago and ...

For the vast majority of our planet’s history, there were no humans. Today, there are more than eight billion of us. Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct ...

Scientists have been volleying the question back and forth for more than a century. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neanderthals, ...