Neandertals were skilled hunters. Many archaeological sites show their ability to kill large mammals like bison, horse, and red deer.…
Analysis of dental cementum is yielding new insights into the ages when ancient people faced significant physiological stresses. Reconstruction of…
The discovery of a chimp group's 390-word "language" has profound implications for the evolution of human speech Three chimpanzees sitting…
A crab-eating macaque using a stone hammer to crack open a nut. (Lydia V. Luncz) We humans may no longer have tails,…
Scientists claim they have created mice with two fathers in a breakthrough that could someday be replicated in humans. Katsuhiko…
There was a critical point early in Earth's history when chemical reactions among the mix of organic molecules began to…
Accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. Researchers from the Max Planck…
Fossilized hippopotamid skeleton with Oldowan artifacts. (T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project) Archaeologists have revealed what could be the oldest stone…
Of the roughly three billion base pairs making up the human genome, only around 2 percent encodes proteins, leaving the remaining 98…
The entrance to Tunel Wielki cave. (Miron Bogacki/University of Warsaw) Prehistoric stone tools found in a cave in Poland 50 years…