Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...

A new Homo floresiensis study suggests the extinct "hobbit" scavenged Komodo dragon kills instead of hunting large prey or ...

The oldest known deliberately made stone tools were discovered at Lomekwi 3 in West Turkana, Kenya, and date to about 3.3 ...

New research indicates "Homo floresiensis" probably wasn't hunting big game or using fire on Flores Island, suggesting the ...

Homo habilis sits near the base of the Homo genus, though its exact classification and relationship to Homo erectus remain debated. Fossils from Olduvai Gorge and other East African sites show a small ...

AI features and a brand new way to view Google Maps are currently rolling out in the app for its biggest upgrade in a decade. Credit: Google Maps Google Maps just got a major upgrade. A really major ...

In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Homo habilis is a paradoxical species. On the one hand, ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest known species in our genus “A finding like this does give hope,” says William ...