A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

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

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

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

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.

This image provided by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in March 2025, shows a fossil of the left midface of a hominin, right, ...

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

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