Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

Scientists made a surprising discovery when studying fossils of a distant human relative – Paranthropus robustus ...

This discovery changes how we understand human evolution. It also raises new questions about ... Some suspect it could have ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the earliest known Homo sapiens.

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution in the upcoming new ...

The five-part series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...