Researchers in Spain have discovered mysterious fossilized facial fragments that belonged to an unknown early human species.

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known bone tools—dated to 1.5 million years ago—at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. The discovery revealed that early human ancestors ...

Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from a prehistoric bear, a new analysis shows. Not only that, the items are ...

Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone ...

A fragmentary bone from a Spanish cave is the oldest human face ever found in western Europe. The bones are part of the cheek and upper jaw, and are between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old.

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Bone fragments of the human face, from the left cheek bone and upper jaw, were unearthed in Spain in 2022. Now, new research has dated the bones to 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old.