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.

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 ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

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 ...

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

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

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