In a series of recent archaeological expeditions, tools dating back millions of years have been unearthed, offering a new ...

Researchers digitally reconstructed a crushed skull and concluded our species is 1 million years old, igniting a debate over the start date of Homo sapiens.

A groundbreaking discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveals that early hominins crossed treacherous seas over a million years ago, leaving behind stone tools that reshape our understanding ...

Learn more about Homo habilis, and how AI may have proved that this early human was likely leopard prey.

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

A new study examines the evolutionary connection between the fine manipulation of objects and the associated development of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a ...

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Not literally, of course. But similarly to an ant colony, two scientists say our collective culture—not genetics—has become the driving force of our evolution.

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...