“Early humans comprised a subdivided, shifting, pan-African meta-population with physical and cultural diversity,” read a ...

When paleoanthropologists finally freed the skeleton called Little Foot from its stone prison in South Africa, they believed ...

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

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

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

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 ...

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

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

A major archaeological discovery in Suffolk shows that early Neanderthals were making fire about 400,000 years ago, pushing ...

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