Dr Vasile Ersek was part of a team of researchers who made a discovery which pushed back the date of early human ancestors' ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

The research puts humans in Europe earlier than previously believed. Multiple cut-marked bones offer a key clue into the ...

Although there are arguably many great reasons why America is a great place to live, research shows that there are a few ...

and stone tools – to map out life in the distant past. A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

very low/very high plant life, temperature/humidity extremes, and the need for high mobility,” he added. “This adaptability expands Homo erectus’s potential range into the Saharo-Sindian ...