Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Homo erectus—a human species that lived from about 2 million to 100,000 years ago that’s believed to be one of our direct ancestors). The team nicknamed the fossil Pink, after Pink Floyd ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...