Homo sapiens

The discovery in Zambia suggests that structural use of wood emerged much earlier than previously thought

For decades, scientists have pondered the usefulness of certain carved balls found at sites dating back a million and a half years

Genetic analysis suggests that the population of human ancestors was on the brink of extinction 930,000 years ago. That may have led to the emergence of a new species

A University of Pennsylvania research team led by Spaniard César de la Fuente is using artificial intelligence to bring extinct human biological material back from the dead

In his new book the paleoanthropologist and co-director of the Atapuerca Foundation describes the origin of the human body, which has determined what we are as a species

Researchers from the University of Vigo and the Complutense University of Madrid discover a stock of lithic tools in Ethiopia, revealing the ‘planning ability’ of Homo erectus

A carved bone found near Barcelona was used to sew animal skin tens of thousands of years ago, well before the arrival of the needle to Europe

The Malalmuerzo cave in Granada is estimated to have been home to up to 250 generations of early humans during the Last Glacial Maximum, which devastated Europe 19,000-25,000 years ago.

Hundreds of small stones found in a cave in southern France indicate that both species met millennia earlier than previously thought

Researchers found an unusual collection of bison, wild bull, deer and rhinoceros craniums near Madrid, and believe they likely served ceremonial purposes