The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A new study of a 1-million-year-old human skull found in central China revealed a previously unknown branch of the human family tree, dramatically pushing back the ...

This picture, provided by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows six images of the reconstructed "Yunxian 2" human skull fossil.

The discovery of a deliberately buried toddler may offer new insights into the Middle Stone Age, a key period in the human timeline. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and ...