Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Some researchers have also linked Australopithecine anatomy to an, as yet unknown, knuckle-walking common ancestor of humans, gorillas and chimpanzees. This hypothesis has since been refuted. Early ...

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early human ancestors dating from 2.9 to 3.9 million years ago. Some researchers have also linked Australopithecine anatomy to an, as yet ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans ... sheds light on how long humans in the Americas have had relationships with the ancestors of today's dogs -- and ...

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known bone tools—dated to 1.5 million years ago—at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge ...

That range spans three different human ancestors: Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, and early Homo sapiens. “This is ...

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, ...