Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...
The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.
The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ...
Archaeologists report that 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal humanity’s earliest known use of geometry.
New research suggests these markings, while not a written language, display properties akin to an early script that emerged ...
On the same day, two things happened that had no direct connection—but when I thought about them together, I began to see a relationship  that wasn’t ...
A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African prehistory. The remains come from Thomas Quarry I, and a new analysis pins them ...
German discovery of Stone Age art may reveal a precursor to writing ...
Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any ...
For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...
Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct ...