New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...

Ecological flexibility, not tools or genes, explains why only one migration out of Africa succeeded around 50,000 years ago.

Early humans tried to leave Africa many times, but only one group succeeded because they were better at surviving in ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

Scientists have decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man. His remains, found in a clay pot, suggest cultural links between ...