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.

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

Researchers Categorize New Human Species After Fossils Found in China Reveal a Group That Vanished 50,000 Years Ago Extensive ...

Prior to this, species such as Australopithecus, Homo erectus, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens lived for around 2.5 million years from hunting and gathering - from what nature provided. This ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites ...

Recent discoveries in China are challenging long-held assumptions about human evolution. A new study has proposed the existence of a previously unknown human ancestor, Homo juluensis, based on fossil ...

such as Neanderthals or Homo erectus, and different from the globe-shaped skulls of Homo sapiens, the analysis concluded. The pair then compared the features with other puzzling fossils found in the ...

such as Neanderthals or Homo erectus, and different from the globe-shaped skulls of Homo sapiens, the analysis concluded. The pair then compared the features with other puzzling fossils found in ...

(CNN) — A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at ...