How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

Recent discoveries of massive bones have prompted scientists to re-evaluate the established prehistoric timelines. These findings challenge previous assumptions about the existence and evolution of ...

The Aegean coast of Ayvalık in Turkey is composed of numerous islands and peninsulas today, but the region looked quite ...

On the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel, a small skull has changed the story of human history. Buried in Skhul Cave ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

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.

WASHINGTON — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age.

Archaeologists have uncovered what may be one of the world's oldest human burial sites, dating back around 100,000 years. The remains of five early humans—two complete skeletons and three skulls—were ...