Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with ...

A one-million-year-old skull discovered in central China could push back the origins of modern humans by at least half a ...

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

For more than 40 years, the person responsible for the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on Long Island has eluded capture. DNA from a smoothie straw, prosecutors say, could now be the key ...

The woman is alleged to have bombarded Kate and Gerry with calls, letters and messages over almost three years A DNA test on a Polish woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has “conclusively” proved ...

Julia Wandelt - who a court has heard believes she is Madeleine McCann - denies stalking the missing girl's parents A DNA test taken from a woman who believes she is Madeleine McCann "conclusively ...

A DNA test taken from a woman who believes she is Madeleine McCann "conclusively proved" she was not the missing girl, a stalking trial has heard. Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg are on trial at ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...