A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

The latest discoveries by an international research team, which includes Academy Research Fellow Ferhat Kaya from the ...

The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific research about what hominins and early humans ate, ...

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 ...