The findings suggest that the acquisition of the modern NOVA1 variant may have protected us from the detrimental effects of ...

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

Dazzling new scientific techniques are allowing anthropologists to track the movements and menus of extinct hominids through the seasons and years as they ate their way across the African landscape, ...

Prehistoric relatives of humans may have buried their dead and written symbols on cave walls — long before the oldest known human burials. That’s according to new findings presented at a conference at ...

The discovery of a bizarre skull three years ago in Chad is leading scientists to believe the skull may have belonged to the common ancestor of all hominids. The findings of the French scientist who ...

Millions of years ago, our early ancestors roamed an area of Africa known as the Cradle of Mankind, scouring the landscape in ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Our ancestors were traveling up to 13 kilometers at least 2.6 million years ago What is clear is that “Nyayanga represents the oldest documented case of long-distance transportation of raw materials,” ...

A construction project in Southeast Asia dredged up the remains of the extinct human relative Homo erectus from the seabed. The discovery, described in four studies in the June Quaternary Environments ...

Archaeologists in 2023 announced the discovery of the oldest known wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. The discovery dates to nearly 476,000 years ago, long before Homo sapiens ever appeared.