Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years, most large-brained humans can be traced to just five major branches: ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...