The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago ...

#26 Evidence Of Right Handedness Found In Homo Habilis Fossil Evidence of right-handedness has been found in Homo habilis fossils dating back 1.8 million years, pushing back the timeline for this ...

The Homo genus began approximately 2.3 million years ago with Homo Habilis, the first species in this lineage, which led to modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens. Fossils of Homo Habilis were found ...

A fossil jaw originally netted by fishermen off the ocean floor near Taiwan’s west coast belonged to a member of a mysterious hominid population known as Denisovans, scientists report in the ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence suggesting that hominins, the ancient relatives of modern humans, were present in Europe at least 1.95 million years ago. This finding, from the Grăunceanu site in ...

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image ...

The tools, consisting of sharpened stone flakes, are believed to have been made by early hominins named Paranthropus, who are considered to be the first pre-human species to walk upright. This region ...