The Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain are home to the Sima de los Huesos, or "Pit of Bones," which has offered one of the ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but ...

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 ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence ...

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 ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

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

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