A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

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Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

For most animals, losing fur would be a death sentence. Hair isn’t cosmetic in the wild, it’s survival gear. It protects ...

Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.