A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of ...

Research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, an extraordinary chapter in the story of humanity unfolded. Two distinct branches of the human family tree—modern humans and Neanderthals—crossed paths in a meeting ...

New research suggests that early humans had the ability to thrive in a desert, indicating that they were more adaptable […] ...

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

Embarking on a journey through the annals of human evolution, we uncover a narrative that is as fascinating as it is complex. This saga not only chronicles the physical transformations experienced by ...

While prehistoric people probably didn’t live in caves very often, they did regularly visit them for various purposes.

New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...