Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans ...

The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...