A piece of skull found ... one of each type of human ancestor on their hands. The smoking gun was the rounded shape of the back of Apidima 1 - a characteristic unique to modern humans.

HEFEI -- Chinese scientists have discovered dozens of human fossils ... Homo erectus and modern human stages -- which is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found. A skull fossil ...

The restored statues of a pair of fossil human skulls, dating back to one million years ago, are unveiled by the Hubei Provincial Museum in central China on Dec 26, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] WUHAN ...

significantly larger than the 1330ml typical of modern humans. The skull wasn't just larger - it had a distinctive shape, being notably wider at its base compared to typical human skulls.