A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live ...

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In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...

A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.

Ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 genomes suggests human evolution accelerated after farming, cities, and the Bronze Age transformed Europe.

Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...

The research unveils a more intricate narrative of innovation, intelligence, and human evolution in East Asia.

A new study shows how the mismatch between where fossils are preserved and where humans likely lived may influence our understanding of early human evolution. Much of the early human fossil record ...

A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity of the stone tools found amidst the bones of butchered animals in central ...