Scientists discover the oldest human face in Western Europe, dating back more than a million years, in a cave in northern ...

New imaging has upended a decades-old assumption about Japan’s earliest “humans.” The finding doesn’t erase the past—it ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago, reshaping what is known about our evolution. The 13 ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use—people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift "toothpicks." ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Israel has unveiled a 140,000-year-old fossil that reshapes our understanding of early human history. Excavations at the Skhul Cave in northern Israel revealed the ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.