A fossil fragment from Spain suggests a Neanderthal child may have had Down syndrome and survived for years despite severe ...

Footprints discovered on the Spanish coast were redated using advanced techniques, pushing their age back to nearly 296,000 ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

A newly dated cave painting in Indonesia may be the world’s oldest artwork, and it could rewrite the story of early human imagination.

An international research team reports an unusually well-preserved Homo habilis skeleton that dates to just over 2 million ...