For the study, published in Scientific Reports, scientists analysed remains from Maszycka Cave near Krakow, studying 10 ...

Early Europeans known as the Magdalenians celebrated by removing the ears of their enemies, scooping out their brains, and ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

The skull fragments ... The most striking characteristic of this previously unknown human ancestor? An extremely large brain that’s bigger than that of our species, Homo sapiens, the only ...

Ancient Magdalenians practiced cannibalism, consuming enemies and possibly loved ones, revealing prehistoric violence.

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments ... An extremely large brain that’s bigger than that ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments ... An extremely large brain that’s bigger than that of our ...

An extremely large brain ... in human origins at London’s Natural History Museum, have another theory on how all these prehistoric pieces fit together, based on their work with the skull of ...

When Neanderthals were first discovered in the first half of the 19th century (first a baby skull was discovered ... observed some differences in cranial and brain morphology.