Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...

For a long time, tool technology was seen as a uniquely human trait, associated with the genus ‘Homo’. Now we know tools go ...

The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old bone axe from Ethiopia — that suggest the human ancestor ...

The Spanish fossil is the first evidence that clearly shows human ancestors ... The partial skull bears many similarities to Homo erectus, but there are also some anatomical differences, said ...

An analysis of newly described Homo floresiensis fossils published Tuesday in the ... related to small-bodied hominins such as Homo habilis, only known from Africa, others have argued.

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 ...

Other fossils discovered with A ... boisei walked upright. Homo habilis, which actually means "handy man," is apparently the first species to make and use primitive stone tools.

The earliest known examples of Neanderthal-like fossils are around 430,000 years old. The best-known Neanderthals lived between about 130,000 and 40,000 years ago, after which all physical evidence of ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.