Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early ...

New evidence from South China reveals how early humans adapted to environmental transformations during the Late Pleistocene.

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

By studying antelope fossils, researchers can revisit long-standing questions about how the Cradle of Humankind’s environment ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.