Archaeologists have identified what are now thought to be the oldest footprints ever found on the continent.
Archaeologists have unearthed a child who was buried at Panga ya Saidi cave almost 80,000 years ago.
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of modern humans outside of the African continent.
A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
The oldest human being on Earth, Emma Morano, is the last person alive to have seen the 19th century.
It is looking as though pensioner Joao Coelho de Souza could be the oldest human being that ever lived.
Leandra Becerra Lumbreras, who is from Mexico, is believed to have been born on August 31, 1887.
Jiroemon Kimura was not just the oldest living human but also the oldest human being that ever lived.
If Luo Meizhen's claim is accurate then she would be the oldest human being to have ever lived.
The oldest human skeletons ever found in Turkey have been discovered in Istanbul's YenikapĂ˝ area.
Fossil fragments have been found of Homo gautengensis, the oldest known genus of the human species.
The oldest known human hairs have been discovered inside the fossil of ancient hyena dung unearthed in a Chilean cemeter...