A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ...

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores dragged prey into a hollow carved into coastal rock ...

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

This tiny bump on an ancient thigh bone has become a big deal for anyone trying to pin down when the human story truly began.

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before vanishing forever.

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...