A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

The findings include two skull fragments of Homo erectus, along with a total of 6,372 fossils representing 36 vertebrate species. Music by Adrian von Ziegler. #HumanEvolution #NewDiscoveries ...

Exciting new research reveals a fascinating connection between the ancient Dragon Man skull, unearthed in China, and the ...

Archaeologist Harold Berghuis of Leiden University led the team that conducted the research, finding two Homo erectus skull fragments between 162,000 and 119,000 years old. These fossils were ...

Sileshi, an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist based at Indiana University, said most fossil hominids are found in pieces but the near-complete skull — a rare find — provided a wealth of information.

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

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The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

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This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing ...

Given the skull’s age and backstory, Fu said she knew it would be challenging to extract ancient DNA from the fossil to better understand where it fit in the human family tree.