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During Thursday's instalment of BBC Breakfast, hosts Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty were bringing people the latest ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

Ancient homo sapiens may have benefitted from mineral-based sun protection, living in caves and even tailored clothing.

BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty was left speechless during Thursday's show after co-star Charlie Stayt made a remark.

While reviewing the day's newspapers, Naga highlighted a story that caught her attention. She said: "Homo sapiens outlasted neanderthals, we are them. They co-existed until about 40,000 years ago, ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater ...