The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

Ancient Greek thinkers, from Hesiod to Plato, and later Rousseau saw in the noble savage a vision of lost divine harmony and ...

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

Ancient Greece’s sculptures are a cornerstone of world art, studied for their lasting influence on culture and artistic ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

History gives context, turning simple views into lessons about resilience, creativity, and human connection. When travelers look beyond surface beauty and delve into the stories that shaped each ...