We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

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Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

New evidence from South China reveals how early humans adapted to environmental transformations during the Late Pleistocene.

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

When Ella al-Shamahi went to college, she thought she'd be able to prove Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong. Instead, she was convinced the science was right.

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...