Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Relocating Black cemeteries in Virginia reveals how America has long denied full humanity, and how to reclaim it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A picture of Skulls of Ancient Humans at the Natural History Museum of Oslo. Humans are everywhere nowadays, but Homo sapiens and ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

The image of ancient people sporting gold and catgut braces is certainly appealing and dramatic, but it doesn’t match the ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

If you're like your favorite MORNING EDITION host, which is, of course, Michel Martin, you might be an early riser. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Or A Martínez. And if you come by it naturally, scientists say ...

Early human ancestors faced near-extinction between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, scientists say. An extreme climate event might have caused the evolutionary bottleneck. The population of our ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Decades of history can be found in a single painting. Fern Cloud is a Native American artist who shares her peoples' stories by preserving the way her ancestors told them: through ...