Little Foot is a nearly complete ancient skeleton found in the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa that could change how ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

(Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now ...

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

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.