Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival traits.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, revealing instead that they were sophisticated plant food processors who ...

Discovery in Suffolk dates back 400,000 years, pushing timeline for controlled fire-making back by at least 360,000 years - ...

(CN) — Step aside, Bob the Builder — ancient human relatives have been collecting stone materials to build personal toolkits for as long as 2.6 million years, scientists said Friday. Known ...