In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

A cave in Israel reveals traces of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens that differs significantly from what was previously imagined. The discoveries suggest advanced cultural ...

Archaeologists have discovered stone tools from the Middle Palaeolithic era in China, challenging the current understanding ...

Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals work together? History is rewritten by a finding that is 110,000 years old. There are grave ...

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, ...

Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in Africa.

It is now clear that tools antedate man, and that their use by prehuman primates gave rise to Homo sapiens Presenting a series of articles on the human species, with special reference to its origins.

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past 18 years to indicate an initial branching of humans about 135,000 years ago ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...