Simulation Reveals First Encounters of Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Europe ...

“Hundreds of fossils representing over a dozen species of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo had been found in the Afar ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

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 rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

For instance, it has been argued that as the modern human Y chromosome replaced the Neanderthal equivalent, Neanderthal males became sterile. Other research suggests that human genes might have messed ...

I visit an unassuming gorge where a wealth of ice age fossils was once found, telling us about Britain’s megafauna – and Neanderthals ...

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

Researchers found the oldest signs of cave art lining the rock walls of Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi. The stenciled ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating back approximately 773,000 years are reshaping scientists’ understanding of human evolution ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

Archaeologists studying a nearly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer have determined the ancient tool was made by ...