Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

Many paleoanthropologists view Homo ergaster, meaning "working man," as a turning point in our evolutionary story. That's ...

Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

The history of warfare stretches back thousands of years, with early battles shaping civilizations, borders, and cultures. While humans likely engaged in conflicts long before written records, ...

Amid the quiet wilderness of Sarawak’s tropical rainforest, the Niah Caves rise majestically – the largest and oldest ...