A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis potentially shakes up what’s known about the human family tree.

A groundbreaking million-year-old skull discovered in China challenges established timelines of human evolution, suggesting modern humans and related species diverged much earlier than previously ...

Aylwyn Scally, a researcher in human evolutionary genetics at the University of Cambridge, discusses an ancient skull that could rewrite the timeline of human evolution.

Could megalithic tombs and henges in Europe be reconstructions of older wooden monuments? This theory challenges radiocarbon dating methods that date only soil and organic remains, not the stones ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought, and ...