A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.