Homo antecessor is widely regarded as the earliest known human species to inhabit western Europe, with fossils from Spain ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Ancient Homo erectus teeth found in China reveal a possible hidden genetic link to modern humans who are living today.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The last known members of the Homo erectus species were killed in a ...

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Elena Zavala of the University of California, Berkeley, about new research showing how homo sapiens and Neanderthals interacted and may have even interbred. About ...

A momentous discovery in South Africa could turn our understanding of human history on its head. A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now ...

In the early 1930s, Dutch anthropologists found a giant bed of bones hidden above the banks of the Solo River on the Indonesian island of Java. Buried in the river mud in an area called Ngandong were ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. If you bumped into a Homo erectus in the street you might not recognize ...