Recent archaeological findings have unveiled a remarkable aspect of Neanderthal life, shedding new light on their ...

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, ...

New research suggests that ‘early human pioneers’ in Australia interbred with archaic species of hobbits at least 60,000 ...

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological ...

Take a 400-million-year journey through time to uncover the astonishing evolution of the human hand. From ancient lobe-finned ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives.

Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought. So when ...

GW researchers uncovered newly documented African stone tools that showcase evidence that early humans passed down tool-making techniques starting approximately 2.75 million years ago in a study ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Activision has once again confirmed that AI tools were used in the development of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is in keeping with tradition for ...

A newly analyzed site in northern Kenya is reshaping the story of early human technology. An international team reports more than 1,200 stone tools from three stacked layers that span roughly 300,000 ...