A study from U.S. and Chinese researchers suggests Neanderthals and early modern humans probably had similar cognitive ...

Agriculture reached the coast of southern Denmark around 4000 BCE, but these prehistoric Scandinavians continued to fish and ...

When people imagine the earliest human tools, they usually picture weapons. Stone handaxes, sharpened spears and heavy clubs ...

New research uncovers groundbreaking evidence showing that early humans were not only scavengers but also active hunters and ...

An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 ...

A new study uncovers the oldest confirmed human settlement in northern Sri Lanka, challenging previous assumptions about the ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

Archaeology reveals early humans likely scavenged carcasses and transported meat, challenging the classic hunter narrative.

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, ...

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.

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...