Early humans were not the feared masters of the savanna long imagined. On the contrary, some still served as meals for big ...

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? If H. habilis really had begun the shift towards eating meat, they argue, the only ...

Far up in the Ethiopian highlands, the resounding strike of stone against stone was probably a familiar one two million years ago. Ancient hominids chipped away to create simple tools: hammerstones ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

A turning point in language development occurred in the Miocene Era. Scientists have discovered what may have prompted early human ancestors to begin developing speech and language. As the landscape ...

Human children pair fast growth of a large brain with slow body growth. Ancient Homo fossil teeth reveal that hominin dental growth rates began to slow before there was a major increase in brain size ...

W A S H I N G T O N, May 12 -- Three skulls dug from under amedieval town in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and dating back 1.7 million years mayrepresent the first pre-humans who migrated out ...

It took a while for humans to climb the food chain. By Andrew Paul Published Sep 23, 2025 12:11 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Homo erectus, long viewed as a crucial evolutionary link between modern humans and their tree-dwelling ancestors, may have been more ape-like than previously thought, scientists ...