“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

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

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

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

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

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.

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

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential ...