By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ... also found more recent fossils from Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens.

Prior work suggested that during the mid-Middle Paleolithic (80,000 to 130,000 years ago), the southern Levant was home to at least three different groups of Homo: modern humans, Neanderthals and ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.

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