Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new reconstruction (center) of the crushed Yunxian 2 skull (right) found in China is seen with another squashed skull (left) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years ...

Early humans named Homo erectus reached East Asia 600,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping the timeline of hominin ...

Compared with modern humans (Homo sapiens), who have been around for the past 300,000 years, Homo erectus, or "upright human," had a long reign. The ancient human species lived from 2 million years ...

Homo erectus emerged around 2 million years ago and survived until roughly 117,000 to 108,000 years ago, making it one of the longest-lived human species. Fossils and tool sites track rapid expansion ...