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 ...

From the plains of the Pleistocene to the age of smartphones, the human brain has evolved but never forgotten its roots. Many of our instincts and quirks are echoes of our ancestors.

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

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.Related video above ...

When the researchers introduced lead to human brain organoids – or “mini-brains” – carrying the archaic Neanderthal-like version of NOVA1, which is slightly different to the version that modern humans ...