In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

In the lush surroundings of northern Zambia, beneath the cascading waters of Kalambo Falls, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has emerged. Researchers ...

Technology allowed early hominins to navigate instability and led to a life populated by loss and uncertainty. Rivers were important for the above context. Braided channels that moved cobbles into the ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that could reshape our understanding of ancient human technology, archaeologists have unearthed a wooden structure dating back ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have found the earliest known traces of humans deliberately kindling fire, ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

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 ...