Long before the rise of the Homo sapiens civilization, our ancestors walked the valleys of East Africa over a million years ...

In the mid-1990s, scientists identified an early human relative known as Homo antecessor from about 80 fossils uncovered at a ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time ...

Experts say the site challenges long-held beliefs about early human civilization. Dr Martin Sweatman, from the University of Edinburgh, has suggested it could be the world's oldest calendar.

The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans ...

If this Africa-wide theory were true, then early humans must have figured out how to live in many environments beyond grasslands. A study published Wednesday shows that as early as 150,000 years ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, attends the CPC ...

On Thursday, during his visit to the region, which hosts some of Iran’s most important Bronze Age archaeological sites, Salehi-Amiri underscored the necessity of preserving and promoting Jiroft as a ...

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