According to new research, Neanderthal DNA genes could be the reason that some people are more prone to a type of headache-causing brain defect.

Facial reconstructions of the prehistoric humans Homo floresiensis (left), Homo erectus (middle) and a Neanderthal (right) that are part of an upcoming five-part documentary series called "Human." ...

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since the Last Ice Age.

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 Homo ...

So Homo longi was a Denisovan all along, and thanks to the remarkably well-preserved skull, we finally know what the enigmatic Denisovans actually looked like.

Researchers reassessed the skull and found resemblances to Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens, but it didn’t exactly fit into any of these species.

Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a construction project This is ...

Bone fragments from Homo erectus have emerged that shed new light on humans' ancestry in Southeast Asia from the last Ice Age.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a ...

Archaeologists working in Southeast Asia recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor, according to new studies.

Researchers uncovered Homo erectus skull fragments within 176.5 million cubic feet of sand.