The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the ...

Nearly 800,000 years ago, early humans gathered along the shores of a lush lake in what is now northern Israel. Here, they ...

Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The discovery pushes back the record of human migration in Southeast Asia and ...

Early humans were quarrying stone as far back as 220,000 years ago, revealing surprisingly advanced planning and resource use.

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One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

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

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

As long as 220,000 years ago—far earlier than previously thought—people quarried rocks for their tools in places they ...

Scientists reconstructed the face of a prehistoric human using a 16,000-year-old skull in southern China offering clues about early human life ...