Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization. During the third millennium B.C.E., Sumerians built Girsu, a “megacity,” and dedicated it to ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding ...

In the mid-1990s, scientists identified an early human relative known as Homo antecessor from about 80 fossils uncovered at a site near Sima del Elefante called Gran Dolina. Those remains date to ...

The bones are the oldest human fossils discovered in Western Europe ... excavating a cave in northern Spain in 2022. The cavern, known as Sima del Elefante (or “elephant chasm”), is located ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

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

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...