New archaeological discoveries are transforming our understanding of early human life in Southeast Asia. Evidence from Mindoro Island reveals that humans living more than 40,000 years ago were far ...

The site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY), along the ancient shores of Lake Hula in northern Israel, represents an archaeological record that dates back approximately 800,000 years and records evidence ...

The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific research about what hominins and early humans ate, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists found that ancient malaria likely shaped migration, isolation and evolution among early human populations in Africa.

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...

A drop in the number of huge animals 200,000 years ago may have forced ancient humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools in favour of lightweight toolkits to hunt smaller animals. That’s according to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of the excavation of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Acheulian site. (Note that the original occupation surfaces are tilted ...