Scientists have discovered poisonous arrowheads that were used by hunters approximately 60,000 years ago in South Africa. The ...

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A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

New research suggests that early humans may have butchered elephants as far back as 1.8 million years ago, reshaping our understanding of prehistoric hunting practices.

New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Iron pyrite is a naturally occurring mineral that can be used to strike flint, creating sparks to ignite tinder. Pyrite's rarity in the local area suggests these early people had knowledge of its ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

Around 18,000 years ago, ice age people in what is now Ukraine likely weathered the extremely harsh climate by building parts of their shelters out of mammoth bones, a new study finds. The mammoth ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed. The study, which was published in the ...

Bones and tools found in a Sri Lankan cave show how Homo sapiens adapted to dense rainforest environments as early as 45,000 years ago. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...