Researchers have uncovered ancient cave art that rewrites the story of human cultural origins, The art features arranged ...

An evolutionary trait that made homo sapiens a dominant species in the world was an ability to make and use tools. And new ...

Neanderthals living in Ukraine’s Crimea region deliberately shaped ochre into crayon-like tools for making marks and designs.

Research reveals early humans weren’t meat-heavy eaters. Despite what social media trends claim, our ancestors relied heavily ...

A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought ...

Homo sapiens remains found in a cave in West Sumatra are among the proof used by Culture Minister Fadli Zon to support his ...

Scientists say early humans died young. Fossil records say average life expectancy was 38 years for Neanderthals, and 40 for ...

Where do we come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest questions. For decades, the dominant narrative has placed the great exodus of modern humans—the journey that led us to colonize every continent ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

If the route between the two major North American ice sheets didn’t fully open until about 13,000 years ago, how did early Homo sapiens travel from Alaska down into the Americas and even to ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick in Crimea and Ukraine, suggesting Neanderthals possessed ...

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.