Tiny crystals hidden inside an ancient bone forced scientists to redraw the timeline of a famous Homo juluensis tool site.

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 ...

In a recently published study, scientists from Dartmouth College revealed findings that provide insights into the evolutionary trajectory of early hominins. Spearheaded by postdoctoral researcher Luke ...

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands ...

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 ...

A skull, unearthed nearly a century ago, has led to new revelations in the study of human evolution. Known as “Dragon Man,” the fossil has now been identified as belonging to the Denisovans — a ...

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 could be ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University ...