Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

It’s unclear how a new date for the site might affect the human story. Since Monte Verde, researchers have uncovered sites in ...

Learn how new research challenges the age of Monte Verde and what it means for early human migration in South America.

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study using artificial intelligence shows Homo habilis was still preyed upon by leopards 2 million years ago. (CREDIT: Rice ...

A new study in Science challenges the Monte Verde timeline, reshaping when humans first reached South America.

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...