Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

Ancient tools, 3 million years old, have been discovered in Kenya, reshaping our understanding of early human technology.

Archaeologists have identified what appears to be the earliest clear evidence that ancient humans were not just tending ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that early humans, possibly Neanderthals, were using tools to create fire more than ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

On a remote Indonesian island, fossils from a population of tiny humans are forcing scientists to redraw some of the clean ...

Chimp and Neanderthal faces grow beyond adolescence, which explains their more rugged features. Credit: AI-generated image by ChatGPT 4o. Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people, but ...

Evolution and Galaxy Gaming have agreed to extend the deadline to complete their acquisition and merger transaction to 17 July 2026. The extension will allow the companies to secure the remaining ...

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Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro and other Philippine islands far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of human civilization. These people did not wait for ...