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

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

For years, a small set of foot bones from Ethiopia sat at the center of a quiet puzzle, so scientists kept circling back to ...

Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in.

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

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

California officials recently advised residents against foraging for wild mushrooms due to a rash of over 20 poisonings ...

The secret to its rapid transit is in its chemistry. Ethanol, to give booze its proper name, is a tiny, agile molecule. It ...

Just as humans have historically gathered during winter, many animals do the same. Animals may not be exchanging presents or ...

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

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.