For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...

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This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

A stunning discovery buried deep inside a cave for 1.8 million years is rewriting the story of human evolution.