I visit an unassuming gorge where a wealth of ice age fossils was once found, telling us about Britain’s megafauna – and Neanderthals ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating back approximately 773,000 years are reshaping scientists’ understanding of human evolution ...

Archaeologists studying a nearly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer have determined the ancient tool was made by ...

THE discovery of a faded hand outline on a cave wall in Indonesia may represent the world’s oldest known rock art, rewriting ...

The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at least 67,800 years ...

New research suggests ancient human species like Homo erectus could speak, reshaping our understanding of early human ...

A new study challenges long-held beliefs about early human speech, suggesting Homo erectus may have been the first to master ...

Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

An African hominin population that existed very early in the Homo sapiens lineage is providing new insights into humanity's ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.