Objects discovered in Tanzania and dated to 1.5 million years ago help to rewrite human ancestors’ use of carved bone ...

A remarkable discovery in northern Kenya has provided the first direct evidence that two early human relatives, Homo erectus ...

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical ...

These are humanity’s first knives, says the 48-year-old CSIC researcher. Until now, the oldest known bone tools were from ...

It’s been almost 2 million years since the first archaic humans ventured out of their African homeland. Exactly whose idea it ...

But it's not until Homo erectus came on the scene about 1.9 million years ago that we see the ... You can learn more about our origins and evolution in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery and this ...

Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more rounded than H.

Contrary to the common belief that Homo erectus was limited to temperate environments, this study shows that they were capable of adapting to extreme conditions. This ecological flexibility likely ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...