Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

From ancient hybrid humans to older-than-expected fossils, 2021 delivered several discoveries that reshaped the human ...

Discovered during excavations at Boxgrove in West Sussex, the ancient hammer is among the oldest elephant bone tools ever ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

Scientists believe that recent analysis of a find from the 1970's can offer us insights into the lives of ancient humans.

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

A new novel blends elements of fantasy, ancient mythology, and spiritual philosophy. The book follows a young hunter's transformative journey up a mountain where he encounters a mystical landscape, ...