Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

In Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, burned bones were found in a dirt layer associated with Homo erectus. The inhabitants probably hadn't mastered fire-making, but researchers say they may have moved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy. (photo credit: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY) Over ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University ...

All modern humans may descend from a small group of people who survived a catastrophic event just over 70,000 years ago.

The discovery clashes with the traditional image of humans evolving on the savannas of East Africa. By Carl Zimmer For generations, scientists looked to the East African savanna as the birthplace of ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ...

Around 2.3 million years ago, ancient human species such as Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus suddenly changed their diets. Using their large brains, these extinct hominins manufactured digging tools ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study of 780,000-year-old food remains has shed light on the diets of ...