"Early humans, more than 30,000 years ago, did not live in isolation from the animal world; they were integrated into a network of relationships with scavengers," says Baumann.

Early humans in North America hunted mammoths to near extinction by using their spears as pikes planted in the ground rather than as throwing weapons as previously thought, according to a new study.

The time saved also allowed us to become hunter-gatherers, creating the division of labour which meant early humans could spend more time on other tasks.

A fossil discovery near Pampore, Kashmir, offers a glimpse into how early humans interacted with their environment during the Middle Pleistocene. Nestled in a valley flanked by the towering ...

The tools and techniques of Neanderthals were just as good as those brought to Europe by early humans, researchers suggest. Clues for the demise of our Neanderthal cousins must be sought elsewhere, ...

Were Ancient Humans Scavengers? On a featureless, virtual landscape, researchers pitted two species of saber-tooth cats – plus the extinct European jaguar – against wayward bands of hunter-gatherers, ...

Early humans were cooking plant-based, carbohydrate-rich foods around 170,000 years ago, according to new evidence. Archaeologists have found charred remains of starchy plant parts at an ...

First, early humans didn’t shop at the health foods store or choose foods that best suited their gastrointestinal tracts. Rather, they ate what they could gather and what they could hunt. They had ...

Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts. This is the conclusion of a team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the ...

Ancient burnt rhizome specimens, believed to be around 170,000 years old. Early humans were cooking plant-based, carbohydrate-rich foods around 170,000 years ago, according to new evidence.