The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

In addition, the skull supports the muscle and nerve framework for the face. The skull bones allow passage of the nasal sinuses, which are intrinsic to breathing.

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

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.