Tiny skeleton from Indonesia’s Flores island is unique ancient species, insist researchers
Discovery of oldest human DNA in Spanish cave sheds light on evolution
Scientists say DNA strands in thigh bone of 400,000-year-old early human can help build clearer picture of human family tree
Is pampered humanity getting steadily less intelligent?
Humans reached a peak of intelligence more than 2,000 years ago and it’s been downhill ever since, a scientist speculates
Study casts doubt on human-Neanderthal interbreeding theory
Cambridge scientists claim DNA overlap between Neanderthals and modern humans is a remnant of a common ancestor
Christina Warinner: it’s a good thing our ancestors didn’t floss their teeth
What fossilised dental plaque can reveal about ancient humans’ diet, disease and environment could improve our future health
Scientists are accused of distorting theory of human evolution by misdating bones
Briton says Spanish researchers are out by 200,000 years and have even got the wrong species
Piltdown Man: British archaeology’s greatest hoax
When the find was revealed to be a ‘cheap fraud’, several eminent men – including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – were put in the frame. Now scientists aim to put an end to the mystery once and for all