A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...
A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.
Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...
The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old bone axe from Ethiopia — that suggest the human ancestor ...
The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.
The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...
Researchers in Spain have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor. The fragments cannot ...
Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...
A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.