Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way ...

Mary was in the kitchen. She heard the crash and rushed to the scene of the disaster. She looked up at the hole in the ceiling and then at the debris on the floor in the corner of the dining room. “I ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.” ...

A new analysis of a million-year-old skull from China challenges the long-held assumption that Homo erectus was our ancestor.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull rewrites our understanding of human evolution, scientists have claimed.

Scientists say the Yunxian 2 skull shows humans split into distinct groups over a million years ago, far earlier than believed.

Homo sapiens may have split off from ancestor species in Asia around a million years ago, rather than in Africa 600,000 years ago.

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years, most large-brained humans can be traced to just five major branches: ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Related video ...