A groundbreaking study reveals the only known rock art site where Neanderthals and modern humans created art together.

S ome groups of European Neanderthals may have lost the ability to make fire during the colder periods of their existence. As ...

Investigations on various sites at Strait of Gibraltar revealed not only the presence of first-ever intercontinental rock art ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

The earliest known proof that humans could create fire rather than simply use it now sits in a patch of scorched sediment and broken stone tools from eastern England, shifting a cornerstone of early ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

The way Sahaleanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

Human fossils uncovered in a cave at the Thomas I quarry near Casablanca are offering fresh insight into a critical phase of ...

Helm by Sarah Hall “Helm isn’t feeling Helmself.” And it’s thanks to humans – or “up-monkeys,” as Helm calls them. Human waste pollutes the air: “burger wrappers, testicle deodorant, lip plumpers.” It ...

Morocco provide new evidence on human evolution, revealing an African lineage near the origin of Homo sapiens.

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...