Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a ... Nov. 13, 2024 — A new study finds ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

JERUSALEM, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- An international research team has uncovered new evidence of advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among early humans, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a ...

However, if successful, and there's no reason to suspect it won't be, the concept could create a new era of collaboration, and one in which humans play only a peripheral role. Wayne Williams is a ...

A collection of Stone Age relics have unveiled signs of advanced cognitive and symbolic behaviour in prehistoric humans ... abstract or symbolic thought in early hominins. This suggested symbolic ...

Embracing change through slow travel Last August, at 53, I retired early to explore the world. My husband, Nigel, and I have embraced slow travel. Leaving the boardroom for this adventure-filled ...

As a paleontologist, I traveled in May 2023 to the Indonesian islands of the Riau Archipelago, just south of Singapore, as part of an ongoing quest for evidence of Homo erectus, one of our oldest ...