Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

Before life as we know it began, early humans walked the Earth at the same time as woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers. Through several prehistoric eras they lived, hunted and evolved, leaving ...

Long before headlamps and harnesses, ancient humans ventured into some of the most dangerous cave systems on Earth. From the ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosquitoes have existed far longer than humans, but evolved to feed off of their blood. - Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images ...

Malta is one of the Mediterranean’s most remote islands. The nearest land is Sicily, about 85 kilometres north. Today, with ferries and planes, getting there is light work, but in the distant past, ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...