Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Evidence of early innovation pushes back timeline of human evolution "These behavioral innovations may very well represent a response to rapid changes in the environment," researcher Tyler Faith said.

For millions of years, early human ancestors relied on stone tools to shape their world. The discovery of a collection of 27 ...

Anthropologists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and an international team of collaborators have discovered that early humans in East Africa had—by about 320,000 years ago—begun ...

Becoming human: A timeline of human evolution. 20 April 2009 To scroll left and right along the timeline ... Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists. Features.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 300 No. 1 (January 2009) doi:10.1038 ...

Humans were living in rainforests roughly 150,000 years ago, some 80,000 years earlier than was previously thought—and may have been an important center for early human evolution.

Scientists discovered that early humans in East Africa had -- by about 320,000 years ago -- begun trading with distant groups, using color pigments and manufacturing more sophisticated tools than ...