Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

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Before life as we know it began, early humans walked the Earth at the same time as woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers. Through several prehistoric eras they lived, hunted and evolved, leaving ...

The series, presented by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, will explore the story of human evolution over the past 300,000 years. The series explores how human beings went from being one of many ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration. By Carl Zimmer Geography is one of the things that sets ...

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 ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...