Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Existing on the blurry line between ancient and modern, Homo heidelbergensis may have been a direct ancestor of both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Its skeletal remains continue to challenge how we ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

Skull from Hubei Province is about a million years old Researchers conducted digital reconstruction on skull Study has implications for Homo sapiens lineage timeline Sept 25 (Reuters) - In 1990, an ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

A reanalysis of a one-million-year-old human skull found in China is challenging the established timeline of human evolution, and suggests a new branch of the human family tree, as well as a possible ...

Fossilized footprints of Homo heidelbergensis located in Lower Saxony represent the oldest known footprints in Germany. The 300,000-year-old site offers up footprints surrounded by animal tracks, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Fossilized footprints of Homo heidelbergensis located in Lower Saxony represent the oldest known footprints in Germany. The 300,000-year-old site ...

It’s the Kingdom of the calcite skull. A horned hominid skull might sound like something out of Greek mythology, but it actually could be a separate species of human ancestor that lived alongside ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals. When ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Who was the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and us modern humans? The last common ancestor of both the Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis is now seen as Homo heidelbergensis, but what do we ...