The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

A newly discovered fossil of Paranthropus robustus, an early human relative, reveals that it walked upright like modern ...