Measurements put its brain capacity at roughly 1,143 cubic centimeters—larger than earlier Homo erectus but smaller than later Neanderthals and modern humans. In short, Yunxian 2 seems to be a link ...
A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.
What did researchers find? A 1.6-to-1.5-million-year-old skull from Ethiopia combines features from two different stages of ...
A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.
Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.
The discovery was made during a routine luggage check at Tampa International Airport in Florida Director of Field Operations Carlos C. Martel/X Officials at Tampa International Airport in Florida ...