Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

Modern genetic research has unveiled a fascinating narrative about our ancestors, revealing that early humans interbred with several extinct species, including the enigmatic Denisovans. This ...

Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, ...

In the new study, Zollikofer and his team examined several teeth that were uncovered over 20 years ago in the Caucasus ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals, thanks to the European Synchrotron (ESRF) in ...

It appears modern-day promiscuity can be traced back to our early ancestors, as scientists from Trinity College in Dublin have discovered that some of the genes from a hominin group known as the ...

An international team has unearthed new clues on early human development by analyzing fossilized teeth of early Homo specimens found in Georgia, dating back 1.77 million years. Utilizing advanced ...

If early Homo at Dmanisi belonged to a dead-end ... closer to that of chimps than humans. Prior studies indicate that the timing of first molar eruption strongly predicts many aspects of dental ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

New data is revealing deeper insights into how ancient humans interbred with Denisovans, a mysterious, now-extinct hominin group, in a series of distinct events that significantly shaped our early ...

Did you know that evidence of early human presence in the Philippines dates back an astounding 700,000 years? In 2018, ...