An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands ...

Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a ...

Long before humans built cities, made tools, or even appeared on Earth, the planet ...

A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African prehistory. The remains come from Thomas Quarry I, and a new analysis pins them to ...

Footage shows how researchers discovers fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, in what is now New Mexico.

An international team in South Africa has pinned the earliest known use of fire by Homo erectus back to between 1.07 and 1.79 ...

Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ...

The ability to control fire was a monumental leap for early humans. It provided warmth during cold nights, protection from predators, and extended the hours of daylight. Eventually, it led to cooking, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirteen fossil bones and teeth excavated in a cave in the Philippines represent an enigmatic previously unknown human species, probably small in stature and possessing an ...

The fossil trove uncovered ancient birds, frogs, and extinctions long before humans arrived.