With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist ...

A newly identified Paleolithic culture in northern China reveals unique stone tools and early ochre processing dating back ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

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

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed a 476,000-year-old wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, revealing that early ...

In the heart of northern Zambia, a groundbreaking discovery at Kalambo Falls has redefined our understanding of early human ingenuity. Archaeologists ...

A remarkable discovery of 476,000-year-old wooden logs at Kalambo Falls reveals that early humans were reshaping their ...

A 476,000-year-old wooden structure uncovered in Zambia predates Homo sapiens by centuries, showcasing ancient construction ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

“Early humans comprised a subdivided, shifting, pan-African meta-population with physical and cultural diversity,” read a ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...