A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new reconstruction (center) of the crushed Yunxian 2 skull (right) found in China is seen with another squashed skull (left) ...