Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking eyes ...

Scientists have discovered a new human species that went extinct 200,000 years ago which had large heads and immense teeth.

Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

A small group of ancient humans discovered in South Asia has the potential to change evolution as most people know it.

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a ...

A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ...