New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

Recent analysis of ancient antelope teeth has provided unexpected insights into the lives of early humans, challenging ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

The fate of humanity might have looked radically different if Ice Age titans like the mammoth and saber-toothed cat had ...

Stone tools reveal that the First Americans followed a coastal route from East Asia, linking both sides of the Pacific during the Ice Age.

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

A crushed ancient skull may hold clues to the origins of ancient humans. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...