Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

The researchers used modern CT scanning techniques to get a new and detailed look, suggesting that the child might be a ...

New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

Neanderthal families spent days at the beach new research shows. Archaeologists have uncovered remarkable evidence that ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Scientists found fossils from a new species of human that’s 130,000 years old. By Chris Smith. ... and they’re believed to be the precursor to the Neanderthal, the skull of which is seen above.