The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

A new genetic study suggests humans developed language at least 135,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of early ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

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

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

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

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

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.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...