Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help geneticists ...

Though some might be surprised to see Neanderthal DNA in their ancestry test results, people of non-African descent derive 1 ...

A study of prehistoric stone tools has suggested that a group of early humans ate a surprisingly diverse range of plant foods.

The Caveman Diet, also known as the Paleo Diet, is a weight-loss craze where calorie-counters pick foods they think early humans may have eaten. For most followers, this means a meat-heavy diet.

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...

But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy key to running ... Kristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology ...

But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy key to running performance. The human ability to walk and run efficiently on two feet arose around 2 ...

Gifting began in Africa, when the first humans like us emerged. It then evolved as people migrated and was adapted to fit different cultures. Early examples involved the transfer of cattle or ...

This date happens to coincide with the end of the last Ice Age, a time when an ice-free corridor likely emerged in North America - giving rise to an idea about how early humans moved into the ...

New research reveals chimpanzees' thoughtful tool selection mirrors ancient human ancestors' behaviours, offering a glimpse into humanity's distant past and shared evolutionary roots in tool-making.