(Reuters) -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 ...

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.

Scientists have discovered an ancient relative of all living apes in northern Egypt, highlighting how the hunt for human ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The reconstructed skull of a man who died 12,000 years ago in what is now Vietnam. (photo credit: C.M. Stimpson) Researchers from ...

A fossil from Egypt hints we may have been looking in the wrong place for ape origins. A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, ...

Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth University Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long ...

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Could a newly discovered fossil in Egypt fundamentally change everything scientists currently know about human evolution?

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