New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

While civilization dates back tens of thousands of years, these are some of the earliest known (and confirmed) rulers.

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

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

A fascinating new discovery has emerged from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru Research Area, where researchers uncovered fossilized teeth that challenge our understanding of early human evolution. According to ...

Humanity's origins have long captivated scientists and historians alike, sparking debates and research into where and why ...

A global collaboration led by Sharjah has established the Faya Palaeolandscape as a cornerstone in the study of early human ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...