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

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ...

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

New excavations near Canterbury reveal stone tools dating between 560,000 and 620,000 years old, proving Homo heidelbergensis ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

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

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

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

New research suggests the origins of modern humans may have begun by the sea in southern Africa 70,000 years ago.

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...