Stone tools dating back 150,000 years have been found in the jungle, revealing early human occupation in dense tropical ...

Researchers discovered tools dating as far back as 11,500 years. The tools could be evidence of the earliest human settlement ...

Archaeologists uncovered 11,000-year-old pottery in Mongolia, pushing back the timeline of human innovation by nearly 2,000 ...

Following a recent study, Dr. Przemysław Bobrowski and his colleagues published new radiocarbon dates on Holocene (11,700 ...

Living in caves provided some protection from UV rays. "We found that many of those regions actually match pretty closely with early human activity from 41,000 years ago, specifically an increase ...

"Do NOT steal my thunder," says Lucy, the early human ancestor found in present-day Ethiopia. Credit: tim boyle/Getty Images Outside experts say they are deeply skeptical of the research.

New research suggests that early humans may have used ochre as sunscreen to survive a deadly period of intense solar radiation. The Laschamps excursion, which occurred between 41,000 and 39,000 years ...

The results lined up surprisingly well with archaeological evidence showing an increase in cave use and ochre use by early humans during that same period. Earth’s magnetic field is created by ...

In this video, we journey through time to explore the Ice Age, megafauna, and the early humans who ventured into unknown lands. Trump signs order requiring commercial products in federal contracts ...

Nigst. Analysis showed that humans used wood, specifically spruce wood, to fuel the fire during the peak of the Ice Age. Researchers also accounted for the possibility of bone or fat, as these ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of modern humans. It suggests the species lived in diverse environments ...