A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live ...

WASHINGTON — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age.

A hand stencil on the wall of a cave in Indonesia has become the oldest known rock art in the world, exceeding the archaeologists’ previous discovery in the same region by 15,000 years or more. An ...

Evidence from a remote site on Sulawesi reveals that ancient human relatives crossed a deep ocean barrier more than a million years ago. The discovery extends the earliest known human movements in ...

Experts have long believed that human settlements spread throughout the world after ancient species migrated from Africa. This migration supposedly happened around 50,000 years ago, according to MyNBC ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The discovery pushes back the record of human migration in Southeast Asia and ...

In the heart of the Jordan Valley, an ancient site has been uncovered that challenges long-held views about early human migration. The discovery of tools, fossils, and geological evidence dating back ...

Reference map showing natural features cited, cities, and known routes connecting the Nile River, Foul Bay, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea throughout history. LAWRENCE — A University of ...

A beach walk in Norfolk led to the discovery of a 780,000-year-old hand axe, rewriting early human history and settlement ...