A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins.

The AI agents built on these models are becoming increasingly capable specialists that can perform tasks independently. But when they try to work together in multi-agent systems, they cannot think ...

Scientists have discovered some of the oldest footprints ever found, preserved in ancient ground for thousands of years. These tracks provide a rare glimpse into the lives of early humans and how they ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, an international team of researchers who evaluated a fossil femur unearthed at the site of Azmaka in southern Bulgaria suggests that it ...

Mosquitoes may have started targeting humans millions of years ago, possibly during the spread of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia.

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in the very early stages of development ...

Early hunter-gatherers in southern Africa may have been doing more than just decorating their makeshift water bottles. A new study in the journal PLOS One suggests that engravings on 60,000-year-old ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

Congolese security forces have been responsible for numerous enforced disappearances in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, since March 2025.