The skull is known under 2 different names, the Harbin Cranium and the Dragon Man Skull. It’s proposed that this skull belongs to a new species, known as Homo longi, but there are many ...

KNM ER 1813 Unearthed in Kenya in 1973, KNM ER 1813 is one of the most debated fossils in the study of early humans. This skull, attributed to Homo habilis, is small, with a cranial capacity of ...

According to some, traces of the extinct human species Homo erectus on remote islands suggests they must have been able to build boats and navigate the waves, all of which would have required ...

Homo habilis lived 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago, and Homo erectus lived 1.89 million to 110,000 years ago. Previously, scientists thought these early humans had brains much like modern humans.

H. habilis has been called the oldest known member within the Homo genus, though not without controversy and ongoing debate. By many scientists’ accounts, the species was likely walking upright on ...

The fossilized "No. 3 Skull of Yunxian Man" has been successfully unearthed, and researchers have begun to repair and research it, the Hubei provincial department of culture and tourism announced.

Homo habilis ("handy man", "skillful person") is a species of the genus Homo, which lived from approximately 2.5 million to 1.8 million years ago at the beginning of the Pleistocene. The ...

Archaeologists found an ancient skull in China that could belong to the Homo Erectus species. Researchers in China were able to make a remarkable find that could give a window into an early human.

The skull is the first known to belong to the child of an ancient human relative called Homo naledi. For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness ...

The skull is the first known to belong to the child of an ancient human relative called Homo naledi. For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness ...

A tiny skull of a Homo naledi child — aged four to six — has been revealed to the world, and augments the highly controversial theory that Homo naledi deposited their dead in a ritualised fashion.