Modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor, lived side by side in parts of Eurasia, and even had children together, yet their faces ended up strikingly different. The contrast between our ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

After nearly 4 million years of anonymity, the most complete skeleton of an ancient human relative ever found finally has a face (or more precisely, facial bones).

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins. The contrast is not just cosmetic, it reflects deep differences in growth, ...