At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago. The work was dated by a group of experts from Australia and Indonesia in a ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

Simulation Reveals First Encounters of Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Europe ...

“Hundreds of fossils representing over a dozen species of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo had been found in the Afar ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

Archaeologists uncover a 500,000-year-old elephant bone tool in Europe, offering rare insight into early human innovation.

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating back approximately 773,000 years are reshaping scientists’ understanding of human evolution ...

Archaeologists studying a nearly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer have determined the ancient tool was made by ...

A newly dated cave painting in Indonesia may be the world’s oldest artwork, and it could rewrite the story of early human imagination.

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists ...