However, a pair of fossilized skull fragments recently found off the Javanese coast are helping experts recontextualize the ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago.

Researchers uncover new evidence of how ancient human relatives in South Africa used their hands, revealing varying levels of ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

An 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This ...

Everyone’s seen Rudolph Zallinger’s “The March of Progress” illustration showcasing the evolution of humans: from early ...

The beginning of Homo sapiens belief in gods did not start with a sense of awe, as primitive human beings observed the sun and moon with a sense of wonder. That is too philosophical. More likely it ...

If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

One ambitious company has a plan to establish a colony of adventurous humans beneath the sea, but scientists have some doubts ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these ...