was different. When Pääbo and his team analyzed its DNA, they came to a stunning realization: The fossil belonged to a completely unknown and vanished human species. Caver Eric Suzzoni (at left ...

For a long time, language has been viewed as a uniquely human trait, with features that set us apart from how other species ...

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

After more than 30 years of studying ancient human ancestors in Asia ... “The Homo juluensis fossil species is based off of the fossils from a site called Xujiayao, in northern China that ...