At some point before our ancestors left Africa, they interbred with this unknown species, contributing to a long and complicated series of affairs between separate hominin lineages. The rest of this ...

The axes were dated to the Pleistocene, likely made by Homo erectus, the first human species to evolve to have a humanlike ...

Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped ...

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

The Maasai are the current residents of Engare Sero, a region in Northern Tanzania. They've shifted from the nomadic lifestyle that prehistoric humans in the area had. The Maasai are the current ...

When we imagine prehistoric life, we often picture early humans living among every ancient creature that ever existed. In reality, many animals appeared long after early humans had disappeared or ...

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...