Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

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

Spain has recorded the first known case of human-to-human transmission of mpox clade 1b outside Africa. The infection was ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Authorities are investigating human remains discovered near a sports field in Elands Bay, believed to be of First Nation ...

The Out of Africa theory describes how early human species evolved in Africa before migrating across Eurasia and beyond. This episode explains the multiple migration waves, the role of climate change, ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

Lloyd Sachikonye’s recently published memoir, Many Hills to Climb, is far more than a recounting of one man’s life—it is a ...

The site where the earliest known human-made fire was discovered was the "perfect location" for early humans, a researcher ...

Learn how a new analysis challenges the traditional classifications for ‘Little Foot,’ a famous fossil hominin from South ...