Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Rather, the facial fragments belong to Homo affinis erectus—and the finding, reported today in Nature, indicates that the human population in Europe turned over at the end of the Early Pleistocene.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Researchers believe Pink bears some similarities to Homo erectus, thought to be the first human species to have migrated out of Africa roughly 2 million years ago. The species is reportedly ...

The oldest human ancestor found in any area of Europe ... could belong to a new possible species, which they called Homo 'affinis' erectus. "This is the most honest proposal we can make with ...

Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...

This archaic human had been thought to be the earliest ... projecting forward face … which makes it similar to other Homo erectus (specimens),” she added. The team also reanalyzed a partial ...

resembling Homo erectus, particularly in its flat and underdeveloped nasal structure,” explained María Martinón-Torres, director of Spain’s National Research Center on Human Evolution ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, according to a study published in Nature. The remains were first ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...