An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Researchers have found two wooden tools crafted and used by humans at a site some 430,000 years ago. One tool is made of ...

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Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to rethink how our species emerged and spread. Instead of a neat story in which ...

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

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...

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