Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable discovery in New Mexico that proves once and for all that humans came to North ...

Denisovans were a type of ancient human that for a long time were known only from their DNA and teeth. But recent fossil findings and analysis is now revealing what these people looked like and that ...

In a dark and unexplored cave in South Africa, one former daydreaming student found fossils that proved a new type of human being existed in the region.

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

Scientists have been studying a new species of huge prehistoric crocodile that could have seen our early human ancestors as a ...

Scientists study physical evidence such as cave art, hand-crafted tools, and skull structures to infer cognitive and speech capabilities ...

Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

Researchers looking at foodcrusts on the pottery shards of ancient humans say there's evidence of a wide variety of ...

Picture two ancient apes in a lush African forest, gently pressing their mouths together, not for romance, but as a primal bond. Fast forward 21 milli.

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.