Discover how ancient humans scaled up their food production to survive in harsh environments.

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

Archaeologists have found evidence to suggest Neanderthals operated a sophisticated 'fat factory' to extract the fat content ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels ...

Researchers have reexaminated a mammoth ivory boomerang that was discovered in Obłazowa cave in Poland in 1985.