An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

The skull's discovery indicates that our species may have emerged half a million years earlier than previously thought.

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series debuting Wednesday on PBS.

Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals ...

A recent archaeological discovery in China is shaking the foundations of human history, challenging long-held beliefs about ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

Much about human evolution remains debated ... The authors said their work illustrates the complexity of our shared history.