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

Scarlett Johansson leads a crew of explorers into uncharted territory — and very familiar blockbuster terrain — in yet ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

The boomerang, found in a cave in southern Poland, may be the oldest in the world, dating back 40,000 years, according to researchers.

Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This ...

The new dating of an object found decades ago in Poland reinforces the idea that early humans in Central Europe had ...

Our ancient ancestors died out thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing but fossils, a few scattered artefacts, and lingering traces in our DNA. For the last 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied ...