The 2-million-year-old partial skeleton may even represent the oldest example of H. habilis discovered so far. It includes a ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

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Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

Thousands of slate artifacts found on the Tibetan Plateau showcase the resiliency of early humans as they fanned out of ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

Deep cave layers on Sulawesi preserve tools, bones, and art that may show modern humans overlapping with earlier hominins.

A fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia and left unclassified for over a decade has now been linked to a little-known human ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.