Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

In addition to the ancient jawbone, scientists uncovered fossils from a sabre-toothed tiger, wolf, elephant and giraffe along ...

The researchers carefully compared the newly discovered teeth with known specimens of Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species) and early Homo. They found that these teeth belonged to both early ...

Early human ancestors also carried these toolkits of carved and chipped stones long distances, possibly indicating an ...

Amid the soaring peaks and meandering rivers of Tràng An, Vietnam, a 12,000-year-old skeleton was recently found buried in a cave. The body was in relatively good condition for its age, representing a ...

In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ancient humans wielded an array of stone tools—known collectively as ...

By Stephen Beech Man's ancestors transported stones over long distances to craft tools 2.6 million years ago - 600,000 years ...

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural ...

The so-called "Dragon Man" skull found in China in 1933 sheds light on the ancient human species the Denisovans, about whom scientists previously had little information.

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...