The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...
Recent discoveries have unveiled a fascinating chapter in human history, as stone tools provide compelling evidence of ...
Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.
A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.
Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals and sapiens.
Prehistoric human babies probably looked just like their parents from the moment they were born. Not only would this have ...
Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district ...
Archaeologists outside of Rome uncover ancient heavy-duty tools made from elephant bones over 400,000 years ago.
At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...
The Middle Pleistocene was a turning point for human adaptation in East Asia, as shifting climates reshaped landscapes and demanded new survival strategies. By examining sediments, pollen, ...
Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...
The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study.