A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool ...

MailOnline has asked the experts what the world might look like if the Neanderthals and Denisovans hadn't gone extinct.

Europe’s earliest known boomerang, carved from mammoth tusk and over 40,000 years old, reveals advanced skills of early Homo ...

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 ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

At the heart of the discovery lie stone tools — silent, sharp witnesses to a vanished way of life. What sets the inhabitants ...

Researcher used carbon dating to provide evidence that humans had arrived in Brazil much earlier than previously thought.

The new dating of an object found decades ago in Poland reinforces the idea that early humans in Central Europe had ...

Boomerangs are some of humanity’s oldest tools. In the northernmost region of Australia, 50,000-year-old cave art appears to ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Carved from a mammoth tusk with exceptional skill, the boomerang showcases the remarkable sophistication of Homo sapiens in ...