A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

In a remarkable discovery along the Kalambo River in Zambia, archaeologists have uncovered a wooden structure that challenges ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Stretching from western Anatolia to southeastern Europe, this previously unknown land bridge provides a whole new migration ...

Learn more about the differences between Lebanese and Italian tools, which contradict the theory that modern human migrations ...

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...

Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.

Archaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

The findings suggest that the acquisition of the modern NOVA1 variant may have protected us from the detrimental effects of ...