The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

The discovery of new fossils in Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, has reshaped our understanding of Paranthropus robustus, an ...

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...

It is a deep question, from deep in our history: when did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.