The 1.8-million-year-old jawbone, found in a site no bigger than two parking spots, upends the timeline of humans migrating from Africa.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While experts know that the first humans arrived on what eventually became the ...

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, researchers discussed the role of climatic shifts and vegetation changes in driving the evolution within the subfamily ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 1, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 11, and SDG 13. Over the past decades, environmental changes and disasters such as landslides, flooding, and ...

A groundbreaking discovery has been made in northern Saudi Arabia, where archaeologists uncoveredhuman footprints believed to be 115,000 years old. These ancient prints, found in a lakebed in the ...

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The world’s first vehicles were used some 20,000 years ago, scientists now suggest after drag marks were discovered beside human footprints in New Mexico. The prehistoric markings were found in White ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. “Our superpower is that we are ecosystem generalists,” said ...