Researchers discovered 68,000-year-old cave art in Indonesia, the oldest-known evidence of Homo sapiens in the area. The ...

The world’s oldest known rock art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered in an Indonesian cave.

Repeated flower designs on ancient pottery hint that early village life relied on counting and shared ideas way before math ...

Researchers in Australia think the painting - which has been discovered in South East Asia - could tell us more about how ...

Scientists believe that recent analysis of a find from the 1970's can offer us insights into the lives of ancient humans.

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alysson Muotri, Ph.D. Lead exposure shaped human evolution, influencing brain development and the rise of language. (CREDIT: Kyle ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ...

Megan Malherbe is affiliated with the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, and the Human Evolution Research Institute at the University of Cape Town. Understanding what the ...