Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

This week, we reported on the difficulty humans experience trying to read their dogs' emotions. Researchers reported that ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

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

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

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

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