Unearthed in 2022 at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossil belongs to Homo erectus or a close relative, showing us a major clue about how early humans made their way across ...

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New laboratory work on ancient hunting tools points to decisions made far ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ...

Researchers explained that when bones exposed to high levels of heat are illuminated with specific light wavelengths, they light up with a distinctive glow.