If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

A handful of stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the date that human relatives arrived in ...

Cut marks on a child's cervical vertebra found at Atapuerca in Spain suggests Homo antecessor was indiscriminate about ...

Scientists have discovered a 'hidden chapter' in human evolution - and it suggests our history is much more complex than we thought. While scientists know humans (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone fossil with five intact teeth unearthed in an Ethiopian desert is pushing back the dawn of humankind by at least 400,000 years.

By Grace Piercy, News Reporter, Alexandra Snow 09:08, Fri, Mar 7, 2025 | UPDATED: 09:13, Fri, Mar 7, 2025 Bookmark The skeleton was found in the Thai cave (Image: Fine Arts Department) ...

The nearly complete and remarkably preserved skeleton of a small, 47 million-year-old creature found in Germany was displayed today by scientists who said it would help illuminate the evolutionary ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.