Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

But this latest discovery seems to challenge that. It appears that Paranthropus had greater dietary flexibility than first interpreted, could adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions and was ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

A groundbreaking study published in The Anatomical has challenged previous assumptions about human evolution.

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay rose fast, fell hard, and evolved. Here’s how he’s reshaped his leadership, ...