The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...
Recent research provides compelling evidence that Middle Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts ...
Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...
The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...
Language is a defining characteristic of humanity, yet its origins remain a topic of intense debate. Some researchers argue ...
Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.
Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two ...
Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.
New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...
The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new ...
"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.