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 ...

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This second set of remains belonged to what the world would come to know as the Starchild Skull. For nearly a century, this artifact has served as a battlefield between those who believe in ...

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 indicates that ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

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. Scientists ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." But there was an even bigger difference in the sites than just their locations: the humans sacrificed in ...