Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

For decades, Britain’s peppered moth has been the textbook example of how humans can rapidly drive evolution in another species. New textbooks might want to use a New Zealand stonefly instead. The ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...