Deep inside a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, researchers uncovered the remains of a small-bodied hominin ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric ...

Strong fists for defending ourselves and opposable thumbs for work as fine as threading a needle — hand specialisation is widely believed to have given humans a major evolutionary advantage. On ...

THREE primitive humans who scrambled down a volcano’s slopes more than 325,000 years ago have left their footprints fossilised in volcanic ash. If the ages of the trails are confirmed, they will be ...