In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel. It forms part of the oldest intentional human burials ever discovered, ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

A red ocher dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain which is dated to about 43,000 years ago may be the oldest known human fingerprint and one of Europe’s earliest symbolic artifacts. It was left by ...

A red dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain may be setting records in more ways than one. At roughly 43,000 years old, the dot may be the oldest human fingerprint on record and also one of the earliest ...

Can YOU see the face? Scientists claim this 'portrait' was created by a Neanderthal 43,000 years ago READ MORE: Scientists discover a 'hidden chapter' in human evolution By XANTHA LEATHAM ...

Scientists found the world’s oldest fingerprint—and it’s turning human history upside down.

Scientists in Spain say they have discovered the oldest full human fingerprint after unearthing a rock which they say resembles a human face and suggests Neanderthals could make art.

Humans have been creating artistic images of their environment for tens of thousands of years, but weirdly missing from all their cave art and carvings is a pretty obvious omission - the human ...

The oldest human ancestor found in any area of Europe is the Dmanisi people, or Homo georgicus, a group that lived in what is now the nation of Georgia. Remains of that species have been dated ...

The study "introduces a new actor in the history of human evolution in Europe," said Rosa Huguet, lead researcher at Spain's University of Rovira i Virgili, during a conference. The bones were dug at ...