The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hobbits hunting tiny elephants. Cavemen hunting each other. Science can tell us a lot about our ...

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the chamber was reserved just for females, it could imply a level of complex and ...

While doing fieldwork on Indonesia’s Flores Island in the early 2000s, anthropologist Gregory Forth, PhD, frequently spoke to the locals living in the mountains. They told him that they sometimes ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirteen fossil bones and teeth excavated in a cave in the Philippines represent an enigmatic previously unknown human species, probably small in stature and possessing an ...

The bracelet was discovered in a site called the Denisova Cave in Siberia, close to Russia’s border with China and Mongolia. It was found next to the bones of extinct animals, such as the wooly ...

Scientists across the globe are working to bring extinct species back to life. But do the facts measure up, or is this still ...

In contrast to those who resided in Siberia, Neanderthals who lived in what's now Belgium and France shortly before the species vanished seem to have been genetically diverse and healthy ...