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

Ardipithecus ramidus is a female who lived 4.4 million years ago. Her skeleton has been described as one of the most important discoveries of the past century. Tim White 2009, From Science Oct. 2 ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

A team of archaeologists say that artifacts found in England push back the earliest known date of hominids making fire some ...

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...

The human evolutionary tree can be complicated—but understanding where hominids end and hominins begin reveals how we fit into the broader family of primates. This episode breaks down the distinctions ...

Proper burial is a key theme in the Abrahamic tradition, although archaeology has uncovered burial rituals dating back to the earliest hominids. In the war between Israel and Hamas, and in earlier ...

An aerial view of Lake Turkana, the world’s largest permanent desert lake. A recent study reveals that climate-driven fluctuations in lake levels can significantly influence fault activity in the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...

For decades, scientists have known that lead is bad news for brains. It messes with brain development, lowers intelligence, and causes emotional and behavioral problems. But no one expected to find ...