The species’ name can be shortened to Homo aff. erectus. In taxonomy, “aff.” comes from the Latin affinis, meaning “related to,” and it’s often used to indicate a species closely ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...

Instead, they have proposed that Pink could belong to a new possible species, which they called Homo 'affinis' erectus. "This is the most honest proposal we can make with the evidence we have ...

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 ...

While experts haven’t confirmed Pink’s exact hominin species just yet, they may belong to our famous evolutionary relative, Homo erectus. Hominins began migrating into Eurasia at least 1.8 ...

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

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the human family who lived more than 1.1 million years ...

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

It means Homo erectus and Homo habilis are really sister species, with a common ancestor older than 2 million years. We are working in areas between about 1.6 and 2 million years in age.

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.