The jawbone fragment was pulled up during a fishing expedition in the Penghu Channel, located near the Taiwan Strait.

This period is also associated with the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa and the evolution of archaic humans like Neanderthals and Denisovans. Researchers discovered a distinctive Quina stone ...

The research team determined many of the tools were crafted in the style known as Quina, which is typically regarded as an archaeological signature of Neanderthals, a species of ancient human.

Chimp and Neanderthal faces grow beyond adolescence, which explains their more rugged features. Credit: AI-generated image by ChatGPT 4o. Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people ...

The Levant region of the Middle East has long been recognized as a mixing pot of early humans and Neanderthals, some local and some on their way to and from other geographical regions. The many ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Fred Burrell, longtime owner and chef of Burrell’s Rib Cage in Santa Ana, died Tuesday, March 25, at age 74. For more than three decades, Burrell was best known for his smoked meats and business ...

Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces and large noses, but the reason for this difference has eluded ...

Cory Booker filibusters to ‘disrupt’ Senate because ‘our nation is in crisis’ Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious ...

No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s multifaceted and multifunctional design. They are strong enough ...