Scientists have unearthed facial bones that may belong to a previously unknown human species. The bones, nicknamed "Pink," ...

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.

habilis had a brain that was larger than the largest Autralopithecus brain, but smaller than the Homo erectus brain. The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...