The comical restoration by Cecilia Giménez, who died Monday, became a worldwide sensation. But it’s not the only botched job ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

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Africa's richest fossil hominin site has revealed more of its treasure. It's been a year and a half since scientists announced that a new hominin species, which they called Homo naledi, had been ...

Homo erectus was one of the most successful human species, surviving for nearly 2 million years across Africa and Eurasia.

Homo naledi, currently the best-known and most mysterious fossil species in the human genus, may be considerably younger than previously thought, a new investigation suggests. Further statistical ...

Early humans may have learned to speak far earlier than previously thought. Far from being “stupid ape-like creatures”, a language expert has claimed the ability of Homo erectus to cross bodies of ...

An international research team led by Jean-Jacques Hublin of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany) and Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer of the National Institute for ...

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The War Between the Land and the Sea wrapped up on December 21, 2025. Instead of the all-out battle the title teased, Russell ...