Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Borja, Spain’s Ecce Homo, a famously botched restoration of a painting of Christ by an octogenarian, has held the crown of ...

Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Extended stays in space like that of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the 'stranded' astronauts at the International Space Station for nine months, are very valuable for devising systems to protect ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.