Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Dazzling new scientific techniques are allowing anthropologists to track the movements and menus of extinct hominids through the seasons and years as they ate their way across the African landscape, ...

Prehistoric relatives of humans may have buried their dead and written symbols on cave walls — long before the oldest known human burials. That’s according to new findings presented at a conference at ...

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh perspective on the dietary habits of early humans, challenging conventional ...

Fossils of Sahelanthropus tchadensis from Chad show that early hominids were walking on two legs 7 million years ago, 1.5 million years earlier than previously believed. The femur and arm bones reveal ...

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UC San Diego researchers have found high levels of lead in the teeth of both Neanderthals (left) and modern humans (right). However, a gene mutation may have protected modern human brains, allowing ...