New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Allegheny County police said their detectives were called to a home in Pitcairn on Wednesday following a report that a human skull was found. Police were called to the 700 block of Seventh Street.

PITCAIRN, Pa. — An investigation is underway after a possible human skull was found in an Allegheny County home on Wednesday. The Allegheny County Police Department confirmed to Channel 11 that ...

Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (KTEN) — Wynnewood police have received a report from the medical examiner's office after a human skull was found on a property back in April.

The so-called "Dragon Man" skull found in China in 1933 sheds light on the ancient human species the Denisovans, about whom scientists previously had little information.

Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in the country braving increasingly common heat ...

The Mysterious Skull Doesn’t Fit Any Known Human Species But researchers couldn’t agree on exactly which one. Many thought it was a Neanderthal, a close cousin of modern humans. Also read New ...