An analysis of stone tools found in Italy and Lebanon indicates that around 42,000 years ago, modern humans in Europe and the ...

Miniaturized stone tools have long been recognized as hallmarks of human adaptation, but their role in South China has ...

The first set of ancient hand fossils from an ape-like cousin of humans discovered in Kenya suggest a number of species were ...

In a remarkable discovery along the Kalambo River in Zambia, archaeologists have uncovered a wooden structure that challenges ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...

Learn more about the differences between Lebanese and Italian tools, which contradict the theory that modern human migrations ...

Stretching from western Anatolia to southeastern Europe, this previously unknown land bridge may have been a migration route ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...