The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

We spend most of our lives seeking comfort and trying to avoid pain. What if it's the pain in our lives, not the comfort, ...

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

A small minority that produces this technology and collects all human data treats humanity as "experimental subjects." In ...

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

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

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

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

Olduvai Gorge is a Unesco World Heritage site. It became well known in 1959 through the pioneering work of palaeontologists Louis and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries of early human remains reshaped our ...