"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

“I think the key finding is that we are documenting for the first time a hominin population that we did not know we had in ...

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 spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

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

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

Utilizing sophisticated analyses grounded in complete genome sequences, researchers at the University of Cambridge have ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

Researchers in Spain have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor. The fragments cannot ...