The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species ...

The (un)lucky fossil, now known as Kabwe 1, represents a turning point at a time when Africa was considered peripheral to the story of human evolution. A century later, it’s widely accepted that the ...

Archaeology has witnessed a number of recent new discoveries that make this an exciting time to be studying human evolution. In this piece, for example, Dr. Chris Stringer discusses how technology is ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, unearthing what is now considered the world’s oldest known wooden structure. This remarkable find dates back over ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its ...

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Breakthrough anthropological and scientific findings have allowed researchers to better trace the outlines, and begin to fill in the blanks, of the human evolutionary story in recent decades. We’re ...

Our human ancestors arose in Africa due to many factors, including climate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. However, Henn and ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant idea was that ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal some of the year’s most fascinating findings about human origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner An artist's depiction of a person carving a pendant from bones of ...

Eleanor Scerri receives funding from The Max Planck Society. Eslem Ben Arous does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...