The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the ...

Archaeological evidence from Tanzania suggests early humans were interacting with massive animals far earlier than previously ...

Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

Ancient humans already lived in the area of modern-day Israel at least 1.9 million years ago, a new study suggests, pushing back the exodus out of Africa to hundreds of thousands of years earlier than ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning ...

These tails vary widely by anatomy and purpose—from the grippy tails of opossums to the balancing tails of kangaroos to the ...