A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown human ancestor from over 7,000 years ago. The ...

The fossil was recovered by fishermen at the Penghu Channel off the coast of Taiwan and could be the most complete fossil of ...

The mummies are thought to be from a never-before-seen population living in remote Africa around 7,000 years ago.

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, ...

Molecular analysis has determined that a jawbone recovered off Taiwan's coast came from a Denisovan, showing that this ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using ...

During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors ... human bone or DNA that could help us identify the toolmakers. —16,000-year-old skeleton, crystals and stone tools ...