Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Based on the skeletal evidence, the researchers realized they had discovered a true hybrid of ape and human. The forearms ...

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

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 ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

(CNN) — The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...