Researchers in Australia recently discovered a 2 million year old skull that gives us more clues about our evolution as a ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

In fact, one of the skulls discovered at Dmanisi was that of a very old individual with no teeth ... fossil could therefore ...

Humans, Homo sapiens, have unique features compared with other closely related hominin species and primates, including the ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

"They had a skull that is more elongated than most of ... In other words, all of the Homo sapiens ever found - including those uncovered far beyond Africa - may trace their ancestral linkages ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 ...

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials.

However, Neanderthals tended to bury their dead deeper in caves, whereas H. sapiens were buried in cave entrances or rock ...

shedding light on the presence of Homo sapiens in the region. Using advanced dating ... Genetic Variant Identified That Shaped the Human Skull Base Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have identified a ...

Neanderthals had a long, low skull (compared to the more globular skull of modern humans ... Some previous claims for Neanderthal symbolic behaviour have dating uncertainties or lie within inferred ...