A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution found that chimpanzees select harder stones for nut-cracking tasks, ...

An international study reveals how early humans, as far back as 1.5 million years ago, deliberately selected specific stones ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Research uncovers early humans' reliance on plant-based foods, revealing ancient tools and 780,000-year-old starch grains.

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of ...

A study of chimps in Guinea (not pictured) has revealed insights into our evolution. Ulises Luis/iStock/Getty Images Plus "This suggests that early humans may have been able to use similar trial ...

New insights were made on early human relatives ... one of the most famous fossil finds in the history of human evolution. When you’re not feeling well, maybe you reach for some medicine ...

The Caveman Diet, also known as the Paleo Diet, is a weight-loss craze where calorie-counters pick foods they think early ...

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...