Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.