A thigh bone found in a Crimean cave belonged to a huge species of bird that was as heavy as a polar bear.
Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
Our distant ancestors came in a variety of different shapes and sizes, just like modern humans do today.
A peculiar object was recorded high above the Earth by astronauts during an early manned mission.
An engraving found on a fossilized shell is believed to have been made over 430,000 years ago.
Our early primate ancestors are likely to have consumed alcohol in the form of fermented fruit.
The earliest known human footprints outside of Africa have been uncovered on England's east coast.
The world's oldest known throwing spear tips appear to predate the human race by 85,000 years.
Early man used dogs to help them compete with the Neanderthals as far back as 32,000 years ago.
Homo erectus may have travelled across the world's oceans as early as 130,000 years ago.
New evidence suggests homo erectus may have originated in Asia and not Africa as previously thought.
New research has shown that Britain's stone age ancestors were sophisticated engineers and would have used a primitive v...
A team of German scientists have discovered that early humans would have "genetically modified" wild horses by selective...