Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery beneath the waters off Java, Indonesia, is reshaping long-held ideas about early human ...

A fascinating new discovery has emerged from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru Research Area, where researchers uncovered fossilized teeth that challenge our understanding of early human evolution. According to ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Evidence from eastern England suggests ancient humans may have mastered fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than believed, ...

Scientists have found strong evidence that early humans were making and controlling fire around 400,000 years ago, much earlier than previously believed, according to a report by The Guardian. The ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...