Forget the long-standing stereotype of Neanderthals as lone wanderers or Early Humans as hostile outsiders. A groundbreaking new study has revealed a surprising chapter in human history, suggesting ...

Technology allowed early hominins to navigate instability and led to a life populated by loss and uncertainty. Rivers were important for the above context. Braided channels that moved cobbles into the ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have found the earliest known traces of humans deliberately kindling fire, ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...