The stone tools were found at the Lingjing archaeological site in central China. An early human species called Homo juluensis ...

The amended bill would create a voluntary, opt-in system for moving funds for home visitation services from ECI boards to the ...

We appear to have more in common with our Neanderthal cousins than outward appearances would suggest. New research published ...

If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those differences probably ...

Archaeologists in the Czech Republic uncovered 1,000 artifacts from the Bronze Age to the Roman period, including a rare wire ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

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Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...

New study shows that early humans living about 800,000 years ago depended on fire in smart, practical ways. Instead of searching for the “best” wood, they took advantage of what nature provided, ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...

A drop in the number of huge animals 200,000 years ago may have forced ancient humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools in favour of lightweight toolkits to hunt smaller animals. That’s according to a ...

Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out thousands of years ...