The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

Scientists have unearthed facial bones that may belong to a previously unknown human species. The bones, nicknamed "Pink," ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 ...

(Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may ...

The Atapuerca archaeological site in Spain has once again provided an important discovery about human evolution. Scientists ...

The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old bone axe from Ethiopia — that suggest the human ancestor Homo erectus often used bones as tools. Tool use is a storied ...

Recent science developments include the launch of NASA's SPHEREx telescope to explore the universe's origins, discoveries of ancient human fossils in Spain, a postponed NASA-SpaceX astronaut swap, and ...

Analysis - The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... The new discovery, published Wednesday in Nature, reveals that ancient humans “had rather more complex tool kits than ...

Ancient fish had synovial joints, challenging the idea that flexible skeletons evolved on land. Fossils and modern fish show ...