A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

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

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Continuous landmasses, now submerged, may have made it possible for early humans to cross between present-day Turkiye and Europe, new landmark research of this largely unexplored region reveals. The ...

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 ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

A newly reconstructed 1.5-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia is offering rare insight into the earliest migrations of ancient human ancestors — and a Southern Connecticut State University res ...

A crushed ancient skull may hold clues to the origins of ancient humans. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

By tracing how early ancestors engaged with simple stone flakes to food-system disruptions, researchers can begin to gain insight into how modern humans may respond to changes in climate stressors.

Some creatures were so colossal, so bizarre, they feel like myths — but they were real. Early humans just missed them, and it's probably a good thing. Cargo Theft Hits Record Levels Amid Tariffs ...