In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical ...
The researchers suggested that only after using naturally sharp stones for cutting did ancient humans faced selective ...
The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...
Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...
Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I agree ...
Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...
The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...
The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...
Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...
Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.