An unidentified early hominin tooth fossil was uncovered in Ethiopia, indicating that two lineages of early hominins ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

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A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

For a long time it was believed that the oldest Homo sapiens fossils were from East Africa, and therefore it was long believed that we modern humans originate from that area of Africa. But what if ...

The modern Homo Sapiens didn’t just follow other human species; they overlapped with them. Homo sapiens lived alongside Neanderthals and Denisovans, sometimes for thousands of years.

Archaeologists at Gran Dolina cave in Atapuerca, Spain uncovered cannibalism by our prehistoric ancestor Homo antecessor dating back 850,000 years.

850,000-Year-Old Remains Suggest Prehistoric Child Was Decapitated And Eaten By Its Own Kind The evidence adds to our belief that this species of early human practiced cannibalism.