Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Mark Thiessan/National Geographic Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the ...

In 2013, deep inside South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system, over 1,500 fossil bones were discovered — representing at least 15 individuals of a previously unknown human species. Homo naledi lived ...

In 2015, a new species of human ancestor named Homo naledi was announced. As expected, the find drew international attention as a new branch to the human family tree often does. But, interestingly, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An extinct human species that lived around 300,000 years ago may have been more similar to us than scientists first ...

Discoveries from a subterranean cave system in South Africa are prompting paleoanthropologists to rethink what makes us human. New findings reveal a small-brained human relative known as Homo naledi ...