A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people ...

The taming of fire is credited with sparking humanity's evolutionary journey towards our modern levels of intelligence. Fire gave early humans access to a broader range of safe foods, fueling the ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. The development of the Oldowan toolkit made it possible for ...

Humans once had a way smaller footprint. "Homo Sapiens, modern humans, evolved in Africa," says Arev Sümer, a paleogenetics PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

The research provides insights into the demographics of early modern humans. Scientists have pinpointed a time frame in which Neanderthals began "mixing" with modern humans, based on the DNA of early ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...