A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first ...

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...