This is the first time researchers have done an in-depth analysis of ancient DNA from western Central Africa.

Until now, there's been little evidence our evolutionary relatives could swim.

Study adds weight to claims that stereotype of knuckle-headed Neanderthals is wrong

Charred fragments found in a cave in southern Africa suggest that the real “paleo diet” included lots of roasted root vegetables that were rich in carbohydrates

Surprising new clues point to the arrival taking place thousands of years earlier than previously believed

New evidence helps resolve a debate over how long ago Home erectus survived in what’s now Indonesia, a study finds.

Artificial intelligence may be able to work out the maximum lifespans of extinct species and early humans. The technique relies on analysing specific regions of DNA that are linked to ageing

In the first effort of its kind, a team at a South African university not only returns human remains to families but also provides a window into the world of ancestral San and Khoe people.

Bone found in Arabian desert dates back 90,000 years, challenging view that we migrated into Eurasia 60,000 years ago

Finally, an extinction that we aren't responsible for.

A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Universidad Técnica de Manabí in Ecuador has found and reported on ancient infant skulls that were excavated at a site in Salango, Ecuador. In their paper published in the journal Latin American Antiquity, the group describes how the infant skulls were encased in the skulls of older children.

The evidence is indirect, but a recent find suggests the answer may be "yes."

The discovery of 800 bones could be the first evidence that humans hunted mammoths using traps.

Complex disease transmission patterns could explain why it took tens of thousands of years after first contact for our ancestors to replace Neanderthals throughout Europe and Asia.

Bavarian fossils of likely common ancestor of humans and apes ‘put back start of bipedalism by millions of years’

Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana

Neanderthals were regular users of fire, but archaeologists aren’t certain if these extinct hominins were capable of starting their own fires or if they sourced their flames from natural sources. New geochemical evidence suggests Neanderthals did in fact possess the cultural capacity to spark their own Paleolithic barbecues.

Rare, submerged tool suggests Neanderthals had mastered the complex technology of tarmaking

Animal milk sustained infants 5,000 years ago—just as it does in many parts of the world today.

Another example of how, biologically, islands are deeply weird.