A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Jake Wilkins, or "Baby Highlight," didn’t have the traditional prodigy upbringing. Instead, he and his NBA legend father took ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

March 25: “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage! Don’t keep them in doubt.” —Febb Burn, a 47-year-old widow, in a letter to her son, ...

The Spider-Man franchise is thriving under Marvel Studios. The character has starred in three solo films led by Tom Holland, and after nearly five years away from the big screen, he's set to make his ...

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...

The invention of the wheel aside, the lighting of the first fire is probably the best-known cartoonists’ trope about early humans. With good reason. Controlling fire is one of humanity’s most ...