Researchers have discovered fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, in what is now New Mexico. Credit: National ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human population, which scientists dubbed the Denisovans. Many people alive today carry traces of ...

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between ... The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from ... abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient ... New Insights Into the Denisovans: New ...

Now, researchers are trying to solve the puzzle presented by a collection of humanlike fossils that have defied ... remains of a previously unknown ancient human relative. The scientists are ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional evolutionary theories and shedding light on humanity's complex origins, ...