A 146,000-year-old skull known as the 'dragon man', thought to be the sole representative of an ancient human species, ...

A near-complete skull of a Denisovan, one of the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, has never been recovered – or so ...

Two studies published on Wednesday in the journals Science and Cell presented molecular evidence confirming that the ...

Skulls are typically the best type of fossilized remains to understand the appearance or form of an extinct hominin species.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...