Svante Paabo, whose research showed genetic mixing between humans and Neanderthals and Denisovans, to receive nearly $900,000

Archaeologists in France say modern humans arrived in Europe 54,000 years ago, earlier than previously thought

Researcher says 120,000-year-old remains are likely from 'some of the last survivors of a once very dominant group in the Middle East'

Israel Antiquities Authority prehistorian Omry Barzilai puts a human face on early man, who he claims evidence shows was a lot like us

Using precision carbon dating and secure archaeological contexts, for the first time researchers have certain proof when the two cultures overlapped -- and where

Archaeologists discover 40-50,000-year-old cord in France, suggesting ancient hominids had some understanding of numbers, use of tree fibers

Skeletal remains found in Iraqi cave give credence to theory that humans' ancient relatives interred their dead, and even left flowers by their side

Hebrew University researchers' genetic analysis of Denisovans, cousins to Neanderthals, one of four 'people's choice' finalists for recognition by prestigious Science magazine

Teeth show interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, and how these early humans disappeared, Tel Aviv University researcher says

Findings in Greece could rewrite accepted narrative of how early humans reached Europe; study's authors raise possibility that pre-sapien hominins used boats