Researchers estimate that early humans began smoking meat to extend its shelf life as long as a million years ago
Atapuerca rewrites the history of Europe’s first inhabitants with the oldest known face in Western Europe: a fossil of Homo affinis erectus from Sima del Elefante
The oldest collection of prehistoric bone tools from Olduvai Gorge, mass-produced by hominins during the transition from Oldowan to Acheulean
Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago in today’s Kenya, according to a new study in Scientific Reports
Despite the dangers, early humans risked life-threatening flintknapping injuries, according to a new study published in American Antiquity
Human ancestors preferred mosaic landscapes and high ecosystem diversity, according to a new study in the journal Science
A study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity has been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
‘Homo erectus’ from Gongwangling could have been the earliest population in China; a new study published on the Journal of Human Evolution
The heat is on: Weizmann Institute scientists uncover traces of fire, from Evron Quarry, dating back at least 800,000 years; the study is published on PNAS
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia
