Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts.The authors show that Middle Pleistocene humans systematically fed on these smaller animals ...

A new study appearing in Science Advances compares Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region. The ...

Paleontologists in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that likely belonged to a young Denisovan girl. The discovery is a big deal, as the Laotian cave in which the molar was found is now one of only ...

The Middle Pleistocene was a turning point for human adaptation in East Asia, as shifting climates reshaped landscapes and demanded new survival strategies. By examining sediments, pollen, ...

North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern humans, attributed to ...

“The internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species,” scientists stated in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology. That one sentence, ...

Massive underground tunnels discovered across South America are not human-made. Scientists now believe extinct giant ground sloths dug these extensive ...

Evidence from eastern Germany shows that early humans had a more varied diet than previously known Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their ...