Humans occupied a lava tube called Umm Jirsan, in Saudi Arabia, for thousands of years: bones and artifacts indicate a timeline of herding and agriculture in northern Arabia
There is no proof that ‘Homo naledi’ exhibited cognitively advanced behaviors, such as intentional burial of the dead and rock art
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations
Boomerangs were used to shape the edges of stone tools used by Australian Indigenous communities; a new study finds
The remains of a new species of human has been uncovered in the Philippines: the species, Homo luzonensis, is named after Luzon Island
