The exact relationships between all these early human relatives are still a bit murky. It could be that H. erectus is ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

There is an old adage that goes, "you are what you eat," meaning that the food you consume helps build your body and fuel your mind. The same is true now as it ever was. When it comes to early humans, ...

But for earlier humans, meat consumption appeared to be a critical, yet somewhat poorly understood, contributor to ...

Learn how fossil evidence reveals the repeatable way early humans accessed, processed, and shared meat.

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

Learn more about Cave 338 and the artifacts researchers discovered inside of if, which indicate it was a valuable meeting ...

Dating rewrites history: Calcite crystals in animal bones revealed Lingjing tools were made 146,000 years ago during a glacial period, not a warm climate phase. Creativity in hardship: Homo juluensis ...