At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...
Investigating the 'overkill' hypothesis, this piece explores how human-wildlife conflict may have driven megafaunal ...
Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...
A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long thumb and straight fingers would have allowed Paranthropus boisei to form a powerful grip, similar to how modern humans ...
Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...
The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...