A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

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

At the Atapuerca archaeological site in Burgos, Spain, the oldest human in Western Europe was discovered for the third time, ...

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

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

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

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

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

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

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

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...