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

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

Learn more about Homo affinis erectus, Western Europe’s oldest human ancestor.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

This is the third time that members of this research team have discovered hominin fossils in unexpectedly deep layers in this collection of caves, said study co-author María Martinón-Torres, a ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

However, on the inner surface of the symphysis, the bone was vertical and more slender than expected, especially in ...