Homo sapiens

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A large international collaboration between researchers at the University of Huddersfield and the University of Southampton has provided new insight into when and how modern humans, Homo sapiens, first settled New Guinea and Australia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The objects are from just before Homo sapiens moved to Europe from Africa where they interacted with Neanderthals.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

This reflected the broader wave of megafauna losses that followed the global spread of Homo sapiens.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

These included Homo longi and Homo juluensis, and possibly Homo sapiens.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

African and European skulls of half a million years ago were sufficiently similar to skulls of us moderns that they are classified in our species, Homo sapiens, instead of in Homo erectus.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond