Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

The Denisovans provided the genetic difference for Asian and Australid populations, two of the four “root races” from which ...

Opuka says the artifacts found at Olorgesailie are associated with Homo erectus, an early human ancestor, based on ...

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Minister of Culture Fadli Zon asserted that the cultural heritage of Indonesia, spanning from Sabang, the westernmost point, ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

Dr Vasile Ersek was part of a team of researchers who made a discovery which pushed back the date of early human ancestors' arrival in Europe ...

The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

Northumbria University’s Dr Vasile Ersek and an international team have uncovered evidence of early hominins in Europe dating back at least ...