Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

For more than a century, scientists have been piecing together the puzzle of human evolution, examining fossil evidence to ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century ...

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

A new study reveals your molars may have more in common with prehistoric body armor than you’d expect. The next time you wince from an ice-cold drink or a too-hot slice of pizza, blame your ancestors.

It has never been a certainty that humans would survive on Earth. We've probably faced extinction several times in our evolutionary past, according to genetic analysis. In the past few years a global ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...