Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago.

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Scientists in Spain have excavated fossilized facial bones that may be from a previously unknown species of the human family. The bones are roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old, according to ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...

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

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixin ...

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

Discovery of a 1.4 million-year-old skull in Spain reveals the earliest known human face in Western Europe, challenging previous theories about early migration and evolution.