Did the first human ancestor originate in the Balkans? New fossil shows evidence of bipedalism

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Mosquitoes evolved to prefer human blood. The shift could reveal when and where early humans lived

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Scientists re-examined the skulls of our ancestors—and changed the timeline of human migration

Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...
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Million-year-old sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island rewrites early human history

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evidence from Sulawesi shows early human relatives crossed deep ocean waters more than a million years ago—centuries before modern ...
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The First Neolithic Self-Portrait? Stony Human Face Emerges In 12,000-Year-Old Ruins At Karahan Tepe

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Early humans were prey, not predators, study finds

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...
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Earliest evidence of human fire starters unearthed

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...