A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus SARS-CoV-2 was detected in an increasing number of non-human ...

The way Sahaleanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Could we - that is, Homo sapiens - and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on ...

Morocco provide new evidence on human evolution, revealing an African lineage near the origin of Homo sapiens.

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

A groundbreaking study reveals the only known rock art site where Neanderthals and modern humans created art together.

Scientists reconstructed ancient genomes of human herpesvirus 6A and 6B from archaeological remains dating back over 2,500 ...