A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to researchers.

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex human evolutionary split than previously believed. The findings were part ...

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

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.

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Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, which is between 940,000 and 1.1 million years old.

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

A groundbreaking million-year-old skull discovered in China challenges established timelines of human evolution, suggesting modern humans and related species diverged much earlier than previously ...

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.