Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

A wrecker driver hit a disabled car on the Southwest Freeway, killing the driver, according to police. SHOHAM – Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a ...

Read full article: Orange Center Elementary School parents approve charter school SHOHAM – Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

Scientists Identify 60,000-Year-Old Discovery That Rewrites Early Human History ...

Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say. The study, recently published in the journal Nature, found that these tweaks changed ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...