Published in the Journal of Human Evolution, the research reexamines scavenging through the lens of optimal foraging theory, ...

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

Newly discovered footprints at Lake Turkana offer a rare glimpse into two ancient species coexisting and walking side by side ...

From lush forests to dry savannas, Earth’s climate transformed over millions of years, forcing early hominins to adapt, ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

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

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...