The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

The results significantly shift the timeline for species such as our own ... paleoanthropologist and research leader in human evolution at London’s Natural History Museum, in an email. The findings, ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than ...

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 ...

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

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 ...

A recent archaeological discovery in China is shaking the foundations of human history, challenging long-held beliefs about ...

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 ...

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 ...