This research provides a clearer timeline for the onset of stone tool technology and helps attribute early technology to climate pressures. The research also provides empirical evidence that ...

A fresh analysis of tools from several Southeast Asian sites is prompting researchers to rethink how—and when—early humans crossed vast stretches of ocean. The evidence, published in Journal of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...

A rainforest discovery reveals early humans in rainforest environments lived 150,000 years ago, reshaping theories about ancient rainforest humans and human evolution. Elif Ilkel/Pexels ...

Unearthed in 2022 at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossil belongs to Homo erectus or a close relative, showing us a major clue about how early humans made their way across ...

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ...

(CNN) — Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their ...

Learn how new research challenges the age of Monte Verde and what it means for early human migration in South America. A famous archaeological site in southern Chile may not be as old as scientists ...