For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

Existing on the blurry line between ancient and modern, Homo heidelbergensis may have been a direct ancestor of both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Its skeletal remains continue to challenge how we ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...