Recent archaeological discoveries suggest that Neanderthals, long seen as lacking symbolic culture, may have crafted and used ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

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 ...