The very first humans to make and use stone tools may have sourced their raw materials from distant locations, demonstrating ...

This prehistoric species remained independent of the Neanderthal lineage in Europe, maintaining a close relationship with ...

Armed with strategy, language, and fire, Homo sapiens pushed into every corner of the world. Rivals vanished—only they ...

Ancient tools found on Sulawesi suggest early humans crossed formidable seas over a million years ago, leaving behind mysteries about their identity and evolution. Researchers from Griffith University ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

A recent discovery of 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveals that ancient human relatives were planning ahead and ...

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

An international team of scientists has made an extraordinary discovery in Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru region: new fossils that ...

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...