A SUDDEN population increase in Europe some 20,000 years ago forced our ancient human ancestors to battle it out over ...

Explore the intriguing findings from the Maszycka Cave in Poland. Discover the evidence of ancient humans being consumed by ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

The researchers have just used it to study an ancient human ancestor called Australopithecus, which lived around 3 million years ago. "These are still fairly ape-like, small-brained hominins ...

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago. A new study of early human ancestors who lived millions of years ago ...