For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Scientists made a surprising discovery when studying fossils of a distant human relative – Paranthropus robustus ...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

A groundbreaking new documentary series titled Human is set to bring the ancient past of our evolutionary relatives to life ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Analysis - For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built ...