The fingers of one of the hands were "retouched to become pointed like claws," the study's co-author said.

The man who invented an accurate way to track cells aging thinks a breakthrough means humans will live to 150 years old ...

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying ...

Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say. The seven footprints, ...