A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study ...

Learn about the archaeological discovery of the oldest European site occupied by ancient hominins, indicating their spread ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

An extremely large brain that’s bigger than that of our species, Homo sapiens, the only surviving hominin. The feature is reflected in the proposed name for the species, revealed by Bae and Wu ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence showing a hominin presence in Europe, half-a-million years earlier than previously thought.

The researchers say that although multiple hominin species coexisted in eastern and southern Africa, little was known about the interspecific interactions of the species due to limitations of ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like ...

“Given the extremely scarce fossil record from that period in Eurasia, it is difficult to determine the specific hominin species responsible for leaving these traces in Romania. Most ...