Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Bones from the hominin, dubbed “Pink” after the rock band Pink Floyd, significantly predate those of a species previously ...

Scientists have put a face, but not an official name, to the earliest human ancestor ever found in Western Europe. This newly discovered hominin is a "new actor in the story of human evolution," says ...