A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, suggesting she was a hybrid, according to a new study. However, not everyone ...

New images released ahead of major new BBC science series, Human Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution in the upcoming new five ...

Homo erectus: Lived between approximately 1.89 million - 110,000 years ago, initially in Africa, then later across large parts of Asia and possibly to the fringes of Europe.

More information: H.W.K. Berghuis et al, The late Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus of the Madura Strait, first hominin fossils from submerged Sundaland, Quaternary Environments and Humans (2025).

Iconic ‘Dragon Man’ Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan’s Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now ...

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.

The "Dragon Man" skull was discovered in Harbin, China in 1933 by a local laborer, but remained hidden away until 2018. A new analysis now finds its very likely to be a Denisovan.

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The researchers added that the skull’s “general morphology is closer to Homo erectus than to later encephalized species, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens.

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.