The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

According to a new study published Wednesday in Nature, ancient Homo sapiens developed the flexibility to survive by finding food and other resources in a wide variety of difficult habitats before ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

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A little over 100,000 years ago, groups of prehistoric humans in the Levant suddenly began burying their dead, marking one of ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

These Early Humans Lived 300,000 Years Ago—But Had Modern Faces. ... “They redefine the concept of Homo sapiens by creating this category of ‘early modern humans’ that I’ve never seen ...