Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ...

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

The ‘witch hat’-wearing mummies have long caused debate among historians. Could they suggest Europeans reached Asia earlier than we thought?

How does a new-born's body know what to do before the mind catches up? This exploration of primitive reflexes uncovers the ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

Bird flu is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks, ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...