Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

Stone tools found in Israel are at least 1.9 million years old, showing humans left Africa earlier than scientists once believed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years ...

Fossil remains discovered in Nikiti, Greece, have fueled debate over whether early human ancestors may have lived in Europe ...

A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived hundreds of thousands of years earlier than ...

Recent discoveries of massive bones have prompted scientists to re-evaluate the established prehistoric timelines. These findings challenge previous assumptions about the existence and evolution of ...

(CNN) — A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

What if Homo erectus (H. erectus), the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived in China much earlier than we thought? New research published in ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday. The ...