Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

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 ...