An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human.

Over time, Homo sapiens spread from Africa to other continents, adapting to various environments and developing complex cultures. Archaeologists have in recent times explored the ancient history ...

A skull stashed at a bottom of a well for about 90 years in Harbin, in China's Heilongjiang province, recently resurfaced and has been studied by experts in human origins. - Courtesy Wei Gao ...

Finding links — and objections In what they say is the first “comprehensive” analysis of the Xujiayao specimens, Bae and Wu were able to digitally reconstruct a cranium from the remains. Its large, ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different ...

“Their skulls are actually very, very large, you know, the estimated cranial capacity is 1,700, 1,800 cubic centimeters,” said Bae, who also described Homo juluensis in his book “ The ...

Professor Chris Stringer, an anthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London, said: 'Layer 11 in the cave contained a Denisovan girl's fingerbone near the bottom but worked bone and ivory ...

Shrewd, complex and creative, Neanderthals survived for 300,000 years. Now, amid new discoveries, they’re getting a makeover.

Yet despite this closeness, Neanderthals' (Homo neanderthalensis) and Homo sapiens ' lineages diverged sometime between 400,000 and 800,000 years ago, and the two species differed in many ways.

People visit exhibits inside the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins, July 20, 2023, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington. Neanderthals live on within us.