1. Humans were once prey to other hominid species. Neanderthals, who were larger and stronger than modern humans, coexisted ...

For most of human history, we were not the dominant species on Earth. Early humans and our ancestors lived alongside some of ...

Archaeologists say the remarkably preserved site offers a rare glimpse into a pivotal period when early humans were ...

For more than 1 million years, early humans in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean used a range of heavy tools, such as massive handaxes and stone balls, for important tasks, including ...

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 ...

Bones and tools found in a Sri Lankan cave show how Homo sapiens adapted to dense rainforest environments as early as 45,000 years ago.