One of the smallest human relatives ever found has been unearthed in South Africa. Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ...

A man found a human skull in bucket in the back of a historic Georgia cemetery. An anthropologist says it closely resembles an African ritual.

An ancient skull found in China is like nothing scientists have ever seen. The teen's head shape doesn't fit with any of the early human relatives seen to date.

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research.

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.

Fragments of 10 to 20 human skulls have been discovered in a burned-out house in a small town in New Mexico, raising unsettling questions about who the bones belonged to and how the people died ...

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.

Farmers Dug Up a 300,000-Year-Old Skull. It’s Unlike Any Human Ancestor We’ve Ever Seen.