an archaic human species whose roughly 900,000-year-old remains were previously found at the same site, according to the research. Rather, the facial fragments belong to Homo affinis erectus ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.

Pink: fragment (ATE7-1) left of the face of an individual assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered in level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). Credit: María D. Guillén / ...

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo antecessors', whose remains date back approximately 860,000 years. It is a key ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus. Due to its similarities with older humans, the researchers have designated ...

erectus. This designation acknowledges Pink’s affinities with Homo erectus while leaving open the possibility ... Researchers have also found animal remains with notable cut marks and stone tools, ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

Homo erectus. Hominins began migrating into Eurasia at least 1.8 million years ago, but the first to do so remains unclear. Paleoarcheologists previously matched a set of roughly 850,000-year-old ...

Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo erectus, but gradually ... The human remains and associated stone tools, discovered at Jebel Irhoud ...

"When we have more fossil remains, we will be able to say more about this species," Huguet said. Our species Homo sapiens did not appear until roughly 300,000 years ago in Africa, later migrating ...