Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

This world-famous fossil is now on display in Abu Dhabi, allowing visitors to see up close one of the most important finds in ...

A fossil jaw found in Ethiopia shows Paranthropus ranged far north, challenging long-held ideas about early human relatives ...

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Researchers believe the ancient wood, found in Greece, is actually evidence of the earliest hand-held wooden tool usage in ...

A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...