Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

A fossilized human footprint found in southern Chile has been dated to 15,600 years ago, making it the oldest known footprint ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

The discovery of a 12,000-year-old carved scene showing a human confronting an animal is forcing archaeologists to rethink when people first began depicting complex interactions between themselves and ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

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