Ancient human skull fossils (stock image). A human skull found in 1990 is now changing scientists' understanding of human evolution. In a study published in the journal Science on Sept. 25, ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins split and why that distinction matters. It moves through key branches ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday. The ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...