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A unique six limbed-rock carving has been identified in Central Iran as part human, part mantis, but other much more controversial theories exist.

One of the great issues in all of science is the search for the direct ancestor of modern humans. Many species of hominin have been put forward down the years and a recently uncovered species Australopithecus sediba has been claimed as the progenitor of all humans living today.

A single tooth from a rare and important shipment of fossil finds – forgotten for decades in an unopened box in museum storage – has been rediscovered, and it is giving experts new knowledge about Pek

A new method for analyzing modern and archaic human DNA has thrown up some fascinating results. It appears that modern humans (Homo Sapiens) mated earlier and more frequently with an archaic human ancestor, a species of extinct hominins.

What happens when an archaeological site is so extraordinary, that it threatens to eclipse everything we knew about history up to that point?