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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought
Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.
A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved
Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree.
'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species
As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.
DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.
Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA.
Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation
An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.
13-year drought crippled Maya on Yucatán Peninsula 1,000 years ago, study finds
An analysis of a stalagmite within a Mexican cave reveals detailed evidence of drought that contributed to the downfall of the Maya civilization in the area 1,000 years ago.
Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests
An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the same region of Africa in the same time frame.
1,100-year-old Viking hoard reveals raiding wealthy only 'part of the picture' — they traded with the Middle East too
Researchers have found that the Bedale Viking hoard contains silver from Middle Eastern coins, highlighting that the Vikings profited from long-distance trade networks and brought this imported silver with them when they settled in England.
