It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

Mitochondria, the organelles in question, are best known as power packs—places where glucose molecules are disassembled to ...

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

Scientists have discovered that an unknown group of human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, possibly enhancing brain function and shaping evolution. The study, published March 18 in ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...

A collection of older fossils from early human ancestors was previously found in Georgia, near the crossroads of eastern Europe and Asia. Those are estimated to be 1.8 million years old.

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results of a new study published this week. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was ...

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early human ancestors dating from 2.9 to 3.9 million years ago. Some researchers have also linked Australopithecine anatomy to an, as yet ...