Roughly 13,000 years ago, the burly scimitar cat with its hyena-like build and large canine teeth specialized in killing large mammals in cold climates, including young mammoths in North America.

Scientists have discovered a potential new member of the human family tree. This mysterious species, named Homo juluensis, includes the enigmatic Denisovans — our ancient human relatives whose stories ...

A true glimpse into the Ice Age. This specimen, belonging to the species Homotherium latidens, exhibits a rare state of conservation. Researchers, in awe, identified dense dark brown fur, front paws ...

What makes the Xujiayao findings so remarkable is that they possessed such large brains during a period when most other human species had considerably smaller cranial capacities. The Xujiayao humans ...

Scientists discover new species of human ancestors, Homo juluensis. Credit: Adam Fagen, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A team of researchers has identified a new human species that vanished approximately 200,000 ...

The footprints were left in the mud by two different species "within a matter of hours, or at most days," said paleontologist Louise Leakey, co-author of the research published Thursday in the ...

(Louise Leakey via AP) Scientists study fossil footprints for clues about co-existing species of early human ancestors at the excavation site on the eastern side of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, in ...

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes mysterious groups like the Denisovans—ancient human relatives whose histories ...

Scientists have now discovered at a location called Koobi Fora, providing the first evidence that two species - Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus - shared the same landscape. A fossil footprint ...

It’s the first evidence from Asia of Homotherium latidens, and the specimen’s genetic information will help researchers better understand how the species lived and hunted. When compared with ...