© Philipp Gunz/MPI EVA Leipzig Who came before us? This question has always intrigued scientists. Fossils recently unearthed in Morocco could help us solve this enigma. A discovery in Morocco The 21 ...

Did you know humans might have had a third eye, if it weren't for evolution? A common misconception is that evolution is a long chain of progress, where organisms gain cool, new features over time.

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought - Find suggests prehistoric humans showed complex planning and understanding of how to enhan ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier. Since evolving from the common ancestor that we share with our closest ...

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

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

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ancestors hunted, cooled themselves and survived.

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...