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

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

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.

Researchers propose a stunning new theory for why Neanderthals and humans started to bury their dead at the same time.

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

Studies reveal ancient humans adapted by increasing amylase genes during two major periods: the advent of cooking several ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...