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 ...

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.

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 ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Recent research clobbered that theory by showing pre-modern hominins evolution unique to Europe: The fossil, uncovered at the ...