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The material, found at at disused clay pit in Suffolk, was described by experts as the most exciting find of their careers.

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more than 400,000 years ago.

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals.

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, suggesting she was a hybrid, according to a new study. However, not everyone is convinced the study's findings are definitive.

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

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ideas there during the Paleolithic.

Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers say

Arm bone suggests Homo floresiensis was forced to undergo dramatic reduction in body size after being marooned on Flores

The painting was dated using a new technique and suggests Europe was not where cave art first emerged.