Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Discovery of iron pyrite at a site in England pushes back the date of human fire creation by 350,000 years Early humans may ...

This combination of 2007, 2018 and 2012 photos shows, from left, the Cederberg mountain range in South Africa, the Tenere desert in Niger and savanna in South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. “Our superpower is that we are ecosystem generalists,” said ...

New research suggests that ‘early human pioneers’ in Australia interbred with archaic species of hobbits at least 60,000 ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age.