One of the earliest known human burials unearthed in Skhul Cave was a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals with an ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

Researchers identify 146,000-year-old 'dragon man' skull as a Denisovan using dental calculus after DNA extraction attempts failed, revealing insights about this human species.

A human skull found in a Goodwill donation box in Arizona is believed to be "historic," and not related to a crime, police say. The skull was placed in the donation box at a Goodwill in Goodyear ...

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

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

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

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on making commercial use of a person’s remains. By Kwame Anthony Appiah In the 1970s, as a middle-school science teacher, I bought a preserved human skull ...

Part of a human skull found on a Northern California beach more than 32 years ago was just identified as a woman who went missing five years earlier.

The specimen shares characteristics of the Denisovans, who belong on a different branch on the human family tree than Homo Erectus.

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The discovery of a new ancient human skull in China has scientists baffled and trying to figure out where it fits in humanity's lineage.