Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...

The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

60,000-year-old traces of arrow poison on quartz arrowheads have been found at the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Archaeologists are moving away from the idea of a "linear progression" of weapons, suggesting early humans were versatile engineers who used bows and spears simultaneously.

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...

Analysis - Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material ...