Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more ...

At first, scientists believed this jawbone belonged to Homo habilis, a well-known early human species. However, further research identified it as belonging to Homo rudolfensis, a different species ...

Map showing theorised migration routes of early Homo sapiens from Africa (Ted Goebel via Eurekalert) After groups of early humans went apart geographically, each subpopulation developed genetic ...

Homo heidelbergensis, shares features with both modern humans and our homo erectus ancestors. The early human species had a very large browridge, and a larger braincase and flatter face than ...

including what happened to the early Homo sapiens at nearby sites (including the famous site of Qazfeh), the timing of the first encounters between the Nesher Ramla humans and Homo sapiens ...

2024 — 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 a prolonged childhood despite a small ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Paleoarcheologists previously matched a set of roughly 850,000-year-old fossils in Spain to Homo antecessor, an early human subspecies that displayed thinner facial features similar to modern Homo ...

In the mid-1990s, scientists identified an early human relative known as Homo antecessor from about 80 fossils uncovered at a site near Sima del Elefante called Gran Dolina. Those remains date to ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been discovered, helping scientists piece together the ...