Excavations in an Israeli sinkhole have unveiled a previously unknown Stone Age hominid group that contributed to the evolution of the human genus, Homo. Inhabitants of a site called Nesher Ramla, who ...

A reconstruction of the crushed skull labelled Yunxian 2, which has features that are closer to species thought to have existed later in human evolution - BBC A digital reconstruction of a ...

Pioneering groups of humans braved icy conditions to settle in northern Europe more than 45,000 years ago, a "huge surprise" that means they could have lived there alongside Neanderthals, scientists ...

It’s the Kingdom of the calcite skull. A horned hominid skull might sound like something out of Greek mythology, but it actually could be a separate species of human ancestor that lived alongside ...

Archaeologist Yossi Zaidner can’t articulate the excitement he felt when his team unearthed ancient human fossils at an open-air excavation site in Nesher Ramla, Israel. The region had been known for ...

Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all. Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a ...

A skull found in a cliffside cave on Greece’s southern coast in 1978 represents the oldest Homo sapiens fossil outside Africa, scientists say. That skull, from an individual who lived at least 210,000 ...

A new species of ancient human dubbed Homo longi, or "Dragon Man," could potentially change the way we understand human evolution, scientists said Friday. Researchers said in their findings, published ...

The reported discovery of a new hominin species from China created a lot of buzz last week. Its discoverers—paleoanthropologists Xijun Ni, Qiang Ji, Chris Stringer, and their colleagues—say that a ...

Existing on the blurry line between ancient and modern, Homo heidelbergensis may have been a direct ancestor of both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Its skeletal remains continue to challenge how we ...

It's time to rewrite the family tree, as scientists have revealed that our species is even older than we thought. Previous studies have proved that we evolved in Africa before finally conquering the ...