New evidence from South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave suggests early human ancestors were using fire as far back as 1.79 million ...

Researchers working with the Smithsonian pored over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo ...

The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, went on display in Prague on Monday, with the Czech prime minister hailing the fossils' "first ever" ...

Homo heidelbergensis is widely seen as a likely last common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. First named from a ...

As we wait for the Alisera to arrive, White explains that the team returns to this hostile spot year after year because it’s the only place in the world to yield fossils that span such a long stretch ...

(Kamila Kozioł/iStock/Getty Images Plus) When it comes to phenomena that may have changed the course of human history, fire has to be near the top of the list. Unchecked, it's devastating – but when ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study, published today in Science Advances, reveals something far more ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...