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Scientists identify 60,000-year-old discovery that rewrites early human history

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...
AOL

New fossil evidence places early humans in Eurasia 2 million years ago

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...
NPR

Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...
Los Angeles Times

A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back about 100,000 ...