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.

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 — ...

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The reconstruction was produced by an international research team led by Dr Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at Midwestern ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...

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A major archaeological discovery in Suffolk shows that early Neanderthals were making fire about 400,000 years ago, pushing ...

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