The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in Europe.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

The story about our ancestors can change at any moment thanks to the tireless work of researchers. In 2022, a team of experts unearthed fragments of a human skull in the Sima del E ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...