A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

Stone tools found in Israel are at least 1.9 million years old, showing humans left Africa earlier than scientists once believed.

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Archaeology and paleontology are filled with discoveries that solve one mystery while creating several more. One of the most puzzling finds involved ancient human remains discovered inside a cave ...

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

If you crossed paths with Homo ergaster on an East African plain some 1.5 million to 2 million years ago, its silhouette might look a bit familiar. Long legs, a narrow torso, and a heat-adapted frame ...