A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

A fascinating new discovery has emerged from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru Research Area, where researchers uncovered fossilized teeth that challenge our understanding of early human evolution. According 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 ...

A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

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 ...

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

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...