Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Human evolution is a long and winding tale that goes back millions of years, but one aspect of our anatomy shaped up quickly compared to other mammals: our large brains and flat faces. As these ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

The first published research from Tinshemet Cave is quietly reshaping how scientists look at the relationship between ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence.

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...