Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...

A major archaeological discovery in Suffolk shows that early Neanderthals were making fire about 400,000 years ago, pushing ...

A virtual reconstruction of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus skull from Ethiopia uncovers primitive facial features and ...

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

Tickling, a seemingly involuntary reflex, evolved not for humor but for connection. It targets exposed areas, triggering ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...