In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans butchered animals. Amidst bones, archaeologists found complex stone tools that ...

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

There is a growing idea in evolutionary biology that human ageing might not just be a modern biological process. Instead, it may be rooted in a very a.

A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl ...

A rare fossil fish scan reveals brain features and adaptations tied to the transition from aquatic to land animals.

But for earlier humans, meat consumption appeared to be a critical, yet somewhat poorly understood, contributor to ...

Ancient DNA reveals women brought farming knowledge to hunter-gatherer communities in Belgium and Netherlands gradually.

A long-standing assumption about evolution is being challenged by new research showing that vastly different species can rely ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

From the first stone tools to global migration, human evolution is a story of adaptation, resilience, and change. Fossils, artifacts, and genetic clues reveal how early hominins walked upright, ...