Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Scientists in northeastern Ethiopia said Saturday that they have discovered the skull of a small human ancestor that could be a missing link between the extinct ...

Archaeologist Harold Berghuis of Leiden University led the team that conducted the research, finding two Homo erectus skull fragments between 162,000 and 119,000 years old. These fossils were ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science ...

This is a 1.8 million-year-old skull of Homo erectus found in the country of Georgia. Homo erectus was a close relative of our species, which is why their skulls look similar.

Jeff Passan of ESPN.com wrote his early 2025 MLB trade deadline preview. He put the Cincinnati Reds in the "tweeners" category, which means they are caught in between buying and seliing at the ...

Man, 45, suffers skull fracture in motorcycle crash in San Diego by City News Service June 14, 2025, 8:07 a.m. June 14, 2025, 8:08 a.m. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

Popular snacks such as Skittles, M&M’s and Doritos, and soft drinks like Mountain Dew could soon be labeled “not recommended for human consumption” if lawmakers in Texas have their way. The ...

These Early Humans Lived 300,000 Years Ago—But Had Modern Faces. Some modern human traits evolved earlier, and across wider swaths of Africa, than once thought.

The species may have lived alongside Homo sapiens for more than 100,000 years, and they’re believed to be the precursor to the Neanderthal, the skull of which is seen above.