A remarkable scientific discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. The analysis of an incredibly preserved ...

For the first time in up to 120,000 years, we can see what the face of what is thought to be the oldest ever Homo sapiens, after his skull was used to complete a forensic reconstruction by a ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

The face of perhaps the oldest homo sapiens ever found can be seen for the first time since the Stone Age after scientists rebuilt his features. Skhul 5, a skull found in northern Israel, ...

The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), are the human species that has attracted the most attention as our closest evolutionary relatives.The first fossils related to Neanderthals weren’t ...