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 ...

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

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 ...

A newly dated cave painting in Indonesia may be the world’s oldest artwork, and it could rewrite the story of early human imagination.

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, ...

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists ...

The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art. Scientists have identified ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...