A fossil discovery near Pampore, Kashmir, sheds light on the interaction between ancient humans and the environment of the ...

A recent study explores the ancient history of sheep domestication, offering new insights into their role in human migration ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

New fossil evidence from Romania suggests hominins reached Eurasia 200,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping human ...

The journey of human ancestors from Africa to other parts of the world has long fascinated scientists. Recent evidence from ...

It’s a cruel policy because if it were adopted, it would impact children mostly. It would impact future generations, and, as ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence showing a hominin presence in Europe, half-a-million years earlier than previously thought ...

A recent scientific paper published in the Nature Communications journal revealed evidence of “hominin activity” dating back ...

More than a million years ago, long before our species Homo sapiens emerged, early humans adapted to desert-like conditions. Kaplan was a co-author of the findings published Thursday in the ...

africanus with those of other extinct mammals from Sterkfontein and modern African mammals, the early humans appear to have had a variable diet, but not one rich in mammalian meat. The findings ...

"We reveal how early humans -- known as hominins -- were able to thrive under harsh conditions," says lead author Dr. Julio Mercader Florín, PhD, a professor in both the Faculty of Arts and the ...

erectus’ geographic range. There has been significant debate over when early hominins acquired the adaptability to survive in extreme environments, such as deserts or rainforests. Previous ...