Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

A single site was occupied over more than 300 millennia, possibly representing where our ancestors honed their ...

A new AI study finds leopards hunted early humans in East Africa, challenging long-held ideas about when our ancestors became ...

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ evolutionary history.

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Exploring human infancy through the lens of primitive technology reveals surprising insights into biology and survival. From ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.