The fossil record shows that our Homo erectus ancestors were the first hominins to show signs of adapting to life on the ...

Bone strength in seven fossils shows early Homo committed to the ground, while Australopithecus kept the arm strength of a climbing ape.

New fossils from South Africa are reshaping the story of early human evolution. Researchers have described 18 hominin fossils from Drimolen Cave, including an adult Homo erectus skull fragment dated ...

Newly analyzed fossils from a South African cave suggest that Homo erectus, an early human species believed to be our direct ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

At Sima del Elefante in Spain’s Burgos province, researchers found 1.4-million-year-old fragments of a face, making them the earliest human fossil evidence yet discovered in Western Europe. The ...

The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago. The diet of the earliest hominins ...

La Trobe archaeologists have described 18 new hominin fossils, including a second Homo erectus skull fragment that confirms the species first appeared in southern Africa 2.0 million years ago—200,000 ...

Archaeologists have identified tiny 80,000-year-old projectile points in Uzbekistan that may have been used like arrowheads. Their size, design, and impact damage closely resemble weapons found much ...

The 2026 midterm elections are fast approaching, and in some states, voters are already casting ballots. Forty-seven states and Washington, DC, offer some form of early voting, according to the ...

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: The people building AI earnestly believe ...

After besting us in everything from track-and-field to medicine, robots have proved they can literally kick our butts as well. Viral footage showed the frightening moment that a hulking humanoid ...