A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity ...

A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other’s flesh. The 1.45-million-year-old hominin bone, described ...

Prior to the start of the Ice Age, a period of global warming may have led to a northward shift of the monsoon rains, allowing prehistoric hominins to migrate out of Africa before crossing the Kazakh ...

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Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...

Nearly a million and a half years ago, a group of human relatives appear to have made a meal of one of their own. Cut marks on an ancient shin bone from a site in northern Kenya show signs of having ...