The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

Little Foot is a nearly complete ancient skeleton found in the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa that could change how ...

The broader value of KNM-ER 64061 is that it adds weight to Turkana as the home of human origins when there is focus on building a science museum in there. A presidential task force established in ...

Researchers uncover the most complete 2-million-year-old Homo habilis skeleton, shedding new light on early human evolution.

A mummified human head kept in a Swiss museum displayed incorrect details about who the person was and where he came from.

This early history of the Maya peoples in Mesoamerica details the art and architecture of the Preclassic period, more than ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

Researchers identified chemical traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads, meaning the artifacts bear the oldest known evidence of arrow poison.

A recently analyzed Homo habilis skeleton, dating back over 2 million years, is reshaping our understanding of early human ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is ending early to bring back a member with a medical issue. Astronauts who spend a long time ...

A new analysis of ancient arrowheads from South Africa pushes back prehistoric humans’ earliest use of poisoned weapons by more than 50,000 years. “This is the earliest direct evidence of the use of ...