Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

Homo habilis has long been described as the first species in the Homo genus, but its place in human evolution remains controversial. Fossils from Tanzania and Kenya show a mix of humanlike and ...

Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.

The human brain, representing the epitome of biological complexity, comprises a diverse array of cell types that orchestrate cognition, behavior, and neural homeostasis. Over the past two million ...

Chinese scientists have analysed the skull, which dates back almost 150,000 years, and have come to a groundbreaking ...