A human rib discovered high in the Pyrenees suggests that someone survived a shot in the back several millennia ago.

A 140,000-year-old skull discovered in Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel, Israel, may represent one of the most significant findings in human evolutionary history. According to a new anatomical analysis, the ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

One of the earliest known human burials — that of a young child — could have been a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals, a new study suggests.Researchers analyzed a skull that was found at a ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Scientists Confirmed This 146,000-Year-Old Skull Belongs to a Lost Human Species In 2008, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans.

A couple was arrested last week after Pasco County deputies said the pair found human skeletal remains, took the skull and failed to report it to law enforcement during the hurricanes last year.

Iconic ‘Dragon Man’ Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan’s Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now ...

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing matter, methane fuels sea spiders’ diet, and more.

Researchers identify 146,000-year-old 'dragon man' skull as a Denisovan using dental calculus after DNA extraction attempts failed, revealing insights about this human species.

The nearly complete skull did not match any previously known species of prehistoric human. But two new studies — which researchers say are among the biggest paleoanthropology papers of the year ...

First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental ...