Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study using artificial intelligence shows Homo habilis was still preyed upon by leopards 2 million years ago. (CREDIT: Rice ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...

This combination of 2007, 2018 and 2012 photos shows, from left, the Cederberg mountain range in South Africa, the Tenere desert in Niger and savanna in South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, ...

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.

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A new study by the University of Arizona shows human life in North America may have developed much earlier than we thought. Researchers first found a set of human footprints at ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.