Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study using artificial intelligence shows Homo habilis was still preyed upon by leopards 2 million years ago. (CREDIT: Rice ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

Ancient stone tools reveal how early seafarers from Asia became America’s first people Archeologists discover the first stone toolmakers from 2.9 million years ago 1.4 million year old stone balls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient humans didn't spend as much time on survival activities as we might think. But the reality is that jobs as we know ...

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 ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

As long as 220,000 years ago—far earlier than previously thought—people quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out. An international research team led by the University of ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

For decades, Homo habilis, one of our early ancestors, walked with the confidence of a creature that felt like it was hot s**t. With stone tools in hand, this early hominin was believed to be the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific ...

The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific research about what hominins and early humans ate, ...