Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

This discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of arrow poison used by ancient humans for hunting. Archaeologists from ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushing back the timeline for poisoned weapons by ...

The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...