A deep excavation in Indonesia has uncovered evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, ...

JAKARTA – A skullcap, molar and femur believed to be remains of Homo erectus, or “Java Man,” unearthed by Dutch geologist ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

The return of the Dubois Collection from the Netherlands places Indonesia at the heart of human evolution studies, opening ...

An African hominin population that existed very early in the Homo sapiens lineage is providing new insights into humanity's ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

For years, scientists believed that Homo erectus was the first human species to venture out of Africa around 1.8 million ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that ...