early humans

 

These footprints could push back human history in the Americas

By Philip Kiefer

 /  Sep 27, 2021

 

The debate over ‘Dragon Man’ shows that human origins are still kind of messy

By Lauren Leffer

 /  Jun 30, 2021

 

Domestication Saved Pumpkins And Squash From Extinction

By Grennan Milliken

 /  Nov 17, 2015

 

How Ancient Human-Like “Hobbits” Got So Small

By Grennan Milliken

 /  Jun 8, 2016

 

Human Sacrifice May Have Helped Create Complex Societies

By Grennan Milliken

 /  Apr 4, 2016

 

Iceman’s Stomach Bug Gives Clues To Humans’ Spread Into Europe

By Grennan Milliken

 /  Jan 8, 2016

 

The earliest known human burial in Africa was a carefully laid down child

By Hannah Seo

 /  May 6, 2021

 

Eating Cooked Food Made Us Human

By Rebecca Boyle

 /  Oct 23, 2012

 

The Roots of Upright Walking

By Gregory Mone

 /  Apr 24, 2008

 

Eating Carbs Helped Humans Develop Big Brains

By Alexandra Ossola

 /  Aug 14, 2015

 

Human Ancestor Reconstructed, Halfway Between Chimp And Human

By Dan Nosowitz

 /  Apr 12, 2013

 

Chimps Can Learn To Cook Their Food (Or At Least To Microwave It)

By Alexandra Ossola

 /  Jun 4, 2015

 

New Evidence Suggests ‘Lucy’ Probably Died By Falling Out Of A Tree

By Mary Beth Griggs

 /  Aug 29, 2016

 

Australopithecine Stakes a Claim as Humanity’s Earliest Ancestor

By Clay Dillow

 /  Sep 8, 2011

 

First Early Human Genome Sequenced

By Susannah F. Locke

 /  Feb 10, 2010

 

Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?

By Shaunacy Ferro

 /  Oct 17, 2013