Researchers of this study conducted uranium-based dating, which revealed that Homo juluensis lived sometime between 140,000 ...
Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.
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 ...
In a groundbreaking discovery that could reshape our understanding of ancient human technology, archaeologists have unearthed a wooden structure dating back ...
In the heart of northern Zambia, a groundbreaking discovery at Kalambo Falls has redefined our understanding of early human ingenuity. Archaeologists ...
Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk — a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago — ...
A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.
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The reconstruction was produced by an international research team led by Dr Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at Midwestern ...
According to Dr Baab, this may reflect the Gona population preserving traits from the earliest Homo erectus groups that left ...
Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.
Some experts think “xenobot” cells that reorganize themselves after death signify a form of consciousness—while others ...