The first documented discoveries of human fossils were in Europe, just before Darwin’s 1859 publication of “The Origin of Species.”Ideas of evolution were being actively debated within ...

Published in Nature, this finding significantly pushes back the timeline of early human migration in Europe, which was previously thought to have begun around 1.2 million years ago. Atapuerca: A ...

However, Martinón-Torres said the morphology of the skull fossil found in 2022 didn’t match up with the features of Homo antecessor. This archaic human had been thought to be the earliest known ...

Mystery stone circle reveals ‘ultimate adventure story’ of human presence in Europe - Early humans likely chose the site due to its good access to coastal and riverine resources.

This archaic human had been thought to be the earliest known inhabitant of Western Europe, predating the Neanderthals, who appeared on the continent some 400,000 years ago.

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a fossil from a potential new prehistoric member of the human family tree, and they say it's the earliest known remnants of a face discovered in Western Europe.

An ape fossil found in Turkey may controversially suggest that the ancestors of African apes and humans first evolved in Europe before migrating to Africa, a research team says in a new study. The ...