South Africa's 'cradle of humankind' caves reopen to public Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of history's greatest animal migrations.

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...

The researchers from the University of New England in Australia and the East Tennessee State University in the United States found that biting with high force risked damaging jaw joints, indicating ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

A new study reveals that early human ancestors nearly went extinct between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago, with just 1,280 ...

What happens beneath the Earth’s surface may seem distant, but its effects shape continents, influence ocean circulation, ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Scientists have caught wild chimpanzees not only eating naturally fermented fruits containing alcohol but actively sharing ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...