Scientists have digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis potentially shakes up ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and ...

A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may radically change what we know about ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

A newly reconstructed 1-million-year-old skull from central China may rewrite key chapters of human evolution. Researchers ...

Conifers, such as pines, spruces, and firs, produce sticky resins that protect the trees from insects and pathogens.

A study published in the journal Science on Friday revealed that a reanalysis of an ancient human skull fossil, unearthed in Hubei province and dating back more than 1 million years, may rewrite the ...

Fossil bite mark analysis with AI shows early humans were prey for leopards, reshaping what we know about human evolution.

Hominids include all great apes and humans, while hominins specifically cover humans and our closest extinct relatives. From Australopithecus to Homo erectus and beyond, this split explains why chimps ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and ...

Conifers use resin to protect themselves against pests. This resin contains diterpenes, which are defensive substances. Some of these ...

“So, the brain is growing because these creatures need to be able to adapt to their environments, and because this is ...