A 1.5-million-year-old skull suggests Homo erectus evolved through a messy transition, with multiple human forms coexisting.

The Day Science Fell for One of the Most Absurd Hoaxes Ever On December 18, 1912, a group of distinguished gentlemen gathered ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

Federal authorities have said Cedric Lodge, 58, was at the center of a ghoulish scheme in which he shipped body parts to ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ...

Humans have been modifying their skull shapes since prehistory, but the discovery of a cube-shaped skull has researchers ...

In the lake sediments of the Logsjömossen wetland, on the outskirts of Järna southwest of Stockholm, a team of archaeologists ...

Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars ...