We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species ...

The excavation and research team at Atapuerca receives funding from the Castille and León Department of Culture and Tourism, the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PID2021 ...

UPDATE (March 14, 2025 5:52 p.m. E.T.): Friday afternoon, a bill to avoid a government shutdown cleared a key procedural hurdle on a 62-38 vote, with 10 members of the Senate’s Democratic ...

Scientists have put a face, but not an official name, to the earliest human ancestor ever found in Western Europe. This recently discovered hominin is a "new actor in the story of human evolution," ...

The Spanish researchers used 3D imaging techniques to flesh out Pink's full face The fossilised upper jawbone and partial cheekbone of Pink were discovered at the Atapuerca archaeological site in ...