Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

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Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country. This finding pushes back the established timeline of human presence by tens of thousands of years, opening a new ...

Archaeologists have made a breakthrough that could rewrite the prehistory of Asia, uncovering Thailand's oldest human skeleton to date. This remarkable find in Thailand extends the history of ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The oldest human skeleton, aged at least 29,000 years old, was discovered in a cave in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Sam Roi Yot National Park.