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

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

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

New fossil evidence from Ethiopia’s Afar region reveals that early humans evolved nearly two million years ago, hundreds of ...

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

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

Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district ...

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

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...