A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

In a recently published study, scientists from Dartmouth College revealed findings that provide insights into the evolutionary trajectory of early hominins. Spearheaded by postdoctoral researcher Luke ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

Early humans crossed Philippine seas 40,000 years ago, building coastal networks, fishing offshore, and developing maritime ...