A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years. When ...

PHOENIX — Telling the difference between an animal and a human bone can make or break an investigation. “Search and rescue people go out obviously looking for people and in the process they run across ...

Archaeologists studying a nearly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer have determined the ancient tool was made by ...