The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo antecessors', whose remains date back approximately 860,000 years. It is a key ...

Learn more about Homo affinis erectus, Western Europe’s oldest human ancestor.

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.

ByAn international team of archaeologists, led by Spanish experts from the University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, has ...

The bone remains, including parts of the left cheek and upper jaw, belong to an extinct human species that lived between 1.1 ...

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed “Pink” discovered in Spain are from a potential ...

The facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink," unearthed in Spain, rewrite humankind's early history in Europe.

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential ...

Scientists in Spain have excavated fossilized facial bones that may be from a previously unknown species of the human family.