A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to at least two million years ago. Through high-precision laser-ablation ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

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In almost every society, men are the ones who are overwhelmingly involved in wars, in all kinds of intergroup aggressions, and intragroup homicide. They mobilize themselves in armies of violent fans, ...

The computer modeling revealed that prehistoric humans influenced European landscapes through two primary mechanisms: deliberate burning of trees and shrubs to create more open habitats, and hunting ...

This Oscar-winning (and somewhat fantastical) prehistoric movie starring Ron Perlman is absolutely worth seeing, as none ...

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Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on ...