Findings suggest human ancestors spread across Asia earlier, faster and possibly more successfully than commonly believed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new reconstruction (center) of the crushed Yunxian 2 skull (right) found in China is seen with another squashed skull (left) ...

What if Homo erectus (H. erectus), the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived in China much earlier than we thought?

(CNN) — A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...