A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources," said co-author Sergio ...

Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Scientists found that some mosquitoes really are targeting humans more than other food sources, but it could be a matter of ...