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Nov 22, 2016 04:00 AM EST

Huge Mysterious 5,600-Year-Old Ritualistic Complex Found Near Stonehenge

A huge prehistoric gathering place for rituals was uncovered near the Stonehenge. Could this new discovery shed light on the real purpose of the Stonehenge?

Feb 26, 2016 07:44 AM EST

Ancient Teeth May Help Reveal the Process of Human Evolution

Teeth may actually predict human evolution.

Feb 16, 2016 11:12 AM EST

Mystery 'Hobbits' From Indonesian Island Were Not Humans

Researchers found that the mystery 'hobbits' from the island of Flores are not Homo sapiens. They belong to a different species.

Feb 11, 2016 01:42 PM EST

Gorilla Fossil Indicates Human Split 10 Million Years Ago

Researchers have uncovered new evidence, which indicates that human and gorillas split 10 million years ago. The team found nine gorilla teeth fossils from 8 million years ago in Ethiopia's Chorora Formation, which is shedding new light on the human-gorilla split.

Feb 02, 2016 02:24 PM EST

Humans Evolved From Sharing Culture And Technology, Study Reveals

Study finds that early human ancestors evolved and travelled landmasses by sharing their technology and culture.

Feb 02, 2016 11:34 AM EST

Neanderthal Went Extinct Due To Human Cultural Superiority, Study Reveals

Study finds that Neanderthals went extinct due to cultural superiority of humans, during a period when modern humans from Africa began arriving in Europe.

Jan 28, 2016 09:31 AM EST

Human Impacts on Land Determined Whether Communities Survived or Failed

Researchers have conducted a 10-year project to study the long-term effects that humans have on land, which may also reveal why communities survive or fail.

Jan 14, 2016 02:47 PM EST

Earliest Hominins: Stone-Age Tools Found, Who Used Them?

Scientists discovered 118,000-years-old stone-aged tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Dec 24, 2015 02:51 PM EST

Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers Grew the Same During Prehistoric Times

Prehistoric human populations may have actually grown in the same way-whether they were in North America or Europe.

Dec 17, 2015 04:33 PM EST

'Red Deer Cave People' Bone Sheds Light On Mysterious Species Of Pre-Modern Humans

A 14,000-year-old thigh bone that was found in China is shedding new light on an ancient species of humans that became extinct at the end of the last Ice Age.

Dec 01, 2015 10:27 AM EST

Primates May Have Entered the Stone Age: Bonobos Create Pre-Agricultural Tools Like Pre-Humans

Bonobos may have entered the Stone Age. For the first time ever, scientists have seen bonobos making sophisticated use of pre-agricultural tools in a way that's similar to what archaic pre-humans once did.

Nov 25, 2015 01:58 PM EST