The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

Our ancient ancestors died out thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing but fossils, a few scattered artefacts, and lingering traces in our DNA. For the last 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been ...

Around 900,000 years ago, the global population reached a precarious low of only 1280 reproducing individuals and stayed like ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

A mammoth tusk artefact discovered in a Polish cave could be Europe’s earliest example of a boomerang and even the oldest ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

Boomerangs are some of humanity’s oldest tools. In the northernmost region of Australia, 50,000-year-old cave art appears to ...

Our ancient ancestors didn’t have clothes or houses – but that constant exposure to the sun helped their skin protect itself from the worst sun damage.

Archaeological discoveries in Sharjah's Jebel Faya rock shelter have unearthed 80,000-year-old stone tools, the oldest Middle ...

There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has ...

Exile shaped the very fabric of my identity, forcing the question that haunts every refugee: Where does home go when the road ...