Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

It is evidence that the tools were used by other branches of early humans, not just the ancestors of Homo Sapiens. The tools were used to butcher hippos and pound plant materials like tubers and ...

The capacity might explain how Homo erectus conquered Eurasia, but deepens the mystery about what took our own species so ...

The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

Understanding how early Homo sapiens ventured into ... now confirm that these tools were crafted by Homo sapiens. Archaeologist Elena Zavala, a lead researcher at the University of California ...

It’s much easier to survive in the desert now, with modern conveniences like houses and bottled water, but it took much more of an effort for our early ancestors. Many researchers believe that it was ...

Early humans adapted to harsh conditions over a million years ago, researchers find - Our early human ancestors had a much ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...