When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

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In 2021, scientists made a breakthrough when they classified a 140,000-year-old skull from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, as ...

Discover why the human chin evolution mystery still puzzles scientists. Explore fossil evidence, theories, and expert insights. Read now.

CENIEH is part of the international team publishing in Nature Ecology & Evolution a comprehensive review of two million years of fossil and ...

A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived hundreds of thousands of years earlier than ...

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New genomic research suggests our species descended from a deep fusion between two ancient lineages — one of them a mysterious “ghost.” ...

Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of Africa.

New research dates Homo erectus skulls in China to nearly 1.8 million years ago, making them the oldest hominin fossils in East Asia.

Fresh dating of Homo Erectus fossils suggests ancient humans reached East Asia far earlier than once believed.

The size of this fossil is very small compared to the common sea cow. Researchers used new technology to re-measure this ...