A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

Johanna James returns with a roundup of groundbreaking archaeological discoveries that are challenging mainstream narratives about early human civilization. Highlights include the uncovering of ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed.

“The change is so small that every single day you don’t perceive it, but when you see progress … across 10 years, that is ...