A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

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

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

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

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential ...

Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.

Homo erectus first appeared in Africa roughly 1.9 million years ago, with body proportions similar to modern people. Homo antecessor also had modern body proportions as well as modern-looking ...