Fossils found in Georgia challenge existing theories of human origins, suggesting two early human species coexisted at the Dmanisi site.

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ...

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins. The contrast is not just cosmetic, it reflects deep differences in growth, ...

A newly examined Neanderthal skull, once thought to confirm cold-climate adaptations, has challenged a century-old assumption about their large noses. According to the findings, their nose structure ...

Upcoming Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea will introduce a new name for the series' classic Sea Devil villains — who prefer to be called "Homo Aqua." Speaking to Radio Times ...

SALEM ‒ The Columbiana County Sheriff's Office and the Columbiana County Humane Society are investigating after four horse skeletons were found in a barn on state Route 45 in northeast Ohio. A report ...

Ardi is the oldest known partial skeleton of a hominin and shows foot features that are transitioning from vertical climbing to bipedal walking. While Ardi has the primitive grasping big toe of the ...

Seven fully preserved skeletons found in an ancient city in Croatia have been identified as Roman soldiers who would have lived 1,700 years ago, scientists said in a new paper. The skeletal remains ...

The conventional theory is that humans and Neanderthals interbred between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago, with Neanderthals going extinct not long after that. But a new study has determined that the ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...