New fossil and DNA studies reveal that interbreeding between Neanderthals, Denisovans, and early Homo sapiens occurred multiple times during the late Pleistocene. Hybrids like “Denny,” born of a ...

The digital reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 skull, discovered in Hubei in 1990 and dated between 940,000 and 1.1 million years ago, constitutes an ...

The skull reconstruction points to an Asian lineage that includes Homo longi and the mysterious Denisovans. It essentially suggests that modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans started going their ...

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

A fossilized skull discovered in central China and dated to roughly 1 million years old has upended the timeline of human evolution. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, ...

Homo sapiens were thought to have appeared about 600,000 years ago, but two million-year-old skulls suggest that our species might be even more ancient.

The discovery of a 1-million-year-old skull in Hubei province, China, has the potential to radically alter our understanding of human evolution. Known as ...

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

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans.

A 1 million-year-old skull found in China may challenge current theories of human evolution and the origins of Homo sapiens.

A human skull believed to be older than a million years could alter our understanding of human evolution. Leading scientists have made a eureka breakthrough after analysing an ancient skull, known as ...

A newly reconstructed 1-million-year-old Chinese skull may hold surprising insights into human evolution, challenging long-held theories.