Ian Towle & Luca Fiorenza/The Conversation For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

An ancient skull unearthed in China may push back the origins of our species by half a million years, challenging long-held beliefs about when—and with whom—early humans roamed the Earth, reports the ...

Origins" is airing the premiere of its second season on Monday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

An aerial view of the Longgupo site in Wushan, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Photo: VCG. Wearing a dim headlamp, and often getting covered in mud while working in cramp ...

Researchers have conducted the most thorough geoarchaeological survey of Karnak temple and found habitation was impossible ...

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the ...