Researchers have found cannibalized human remains from at least 11 people in El Mirador cave in northern Spain, suggesting it ...

Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 ...

Hundreds of pieces of bone dating from 5700 years ago carry evidence of being processed and eaten by other humans, bolstering ...

New research on ancient teeth from China suggests humans and Homo erectus interbreeding shaped early Asian populations.

Escape the crowds and sleep near South Africa’s most important Stone Age heritage sites—Makapansgat, Diepkloof, and Pinnacle ...

Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago, before a nearby island hosted hobbit ancestors.

Findings made by Griffith University researchers show that early hominins made a major deep-sea crossing to reach the ...

The Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a likely stepping stone for ancient hominins to reach nearby Flores, the home of the ...

Research from an international team finds that the human gut is a site of rapid change, with recent and important deviations from other mammals, including our closest living relative, the chimpanzee.

A study of a handful of 300,000-year-old teeth revealed an ancient human group had a mix of archaic and modern tooth features ...

The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from ...

A timeless question has always fascinated scientists who study the past. Which comes first, the new behavior or the physical ...