A new study suggests that some modern brain malformations may be linked to Neanderthal ancestry. Researchers have found that ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, according to a new study, causing a mismatch between brain shape and skull ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

A group of our Homo erectus ancestors suffered a mysterious mass death more than 107,000 years ago. It's their last appearance in the fossil record.

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Homo erectus was in the news over 2018 thanks to new discoveries in the Philippines and China, which have transformed our understanding of this not too distant family member. So who was Homo erectus?

The five-part BBC series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

For example, Tocheri noted, there are no known Homo erectus wristbones for him to compare with the hobbit’s. Scientists also hope to be able extract ancient DNA from Liang Bua.