It's a long-held belief that one of our earliest ancestors, Homo habilis, was the first of our genus to transition from prey to predator. Archaeological evidence suggests that they were among the ...

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often ...

Recent discoveries of fossils have provided evidence suggesting intelligent tool use among pre-human species. This ...

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An international research team has identified the earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens traits. The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s ...

Research team: “This discovery reveals the world’s earliest known human fossil showing morphological traits of both of these human groups, which until recently were considered two separate human ...

An international study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the French National Center for Scientific Research provides the first scientific evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had ...