As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

Imagine a world where furry mammals scuttle under the feet of gigantic dinosaurs, not yet destined to rule the Earth. It’s a ...

Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

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An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

Seated on sandbags in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe ...

Explore the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa, home to ancient human ancestors and groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...