Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

In a major archaeological discovery, researchers have found the world's oldest bone tools in Tanzania, providing new insights ...

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The ...

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...

While early human ancestors started making stone tools at least 2.6 million years ago, bone tools took much longer to appear.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Researchers in Spain have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor. The fragments cannot ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.