A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

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A fossilized human skull discovered in China could force scientists to rethink the timeline of our origins. The million-year-old specimen, named Yunxian 2, may push the emergence of Homo sapiens back ...

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The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years, most large-brained humans can be traced to just five major branches: ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.” ...

Scientists found that the Turkana people of northern Kenya evolved special genes within 5,000-8,000 years to help them survive desert.

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.