Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

In this scenario, the Xujiayao fossils, and others with unusual ... The distant ancestors of present-day humans living outside of Africa left the continent and spread around the world 50,000 ...

recently resurfaced and has been studied by experts in human origins. - Courtesy Wei Gao In what they say is the first “comprehensive” analysis of the Xujiayao specimens, Bae and Wu were able ...

(CNN) — A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed ... Chinese remains include 21 fossils found in the 1970s at the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site located on the border of northern ...