Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Child cannibalism appeared to have been accepted by our ancestors – claim scientists, who have been looking at human remains ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...

Archaeologists discovered stone tools at least a million years old on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but exactly who made ...

According to Finestone, Nyayanga stones are significantly older than other known examples of ancient stone transport.

Seven newly discovered stone tools, dating to between 1.04 and 1.48 million years ago, were found on the Indonesian island of ...

Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 million years ago.

The body parts of the child belong to Homo antecessor, believed to be the last common ancestor of both Homo sapiens and ...

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

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel shows that early human groups shared similar burial practices, including deliberate graves.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found ...

Some scientists believe humans became bipedal to adapt to climate change, but our closest primate ancestors complicate that ...