New research has revealed that the early humans quarried metamorphic rock as far back as 220,000 years ago. A revolutionary ...

Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Those items, of course, can also help paint a picture of early man. Along with the jawbone, the team also found a mix of animal fossils, including ...

There is an old adage that goes, "you are what you eat," meaning that the food you consume helps build your body and fuel ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years ...

Along the ancient banks of a river in what is now northern Israel, scientists have uncovered surprising details about the diets of early humans. The discovery challenges a long-standing belief—that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHOHAM, Israel (AP) — Archaeologists believe ...