Evolutionary theorists suggest that risk-taking gave early human societies clear reproductive and survival benefits. For instance, individuals who took bold actions—venturing into unknown ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

These early humans, who roamed the earth over 100,000 years ago, are believed ... Europe's Forest Plants Thrive Best in Light-Rich, Semi-Open Woodlands -- Kept Open by Large Herbivores May 14 ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know ...

Shifting to another region of Africa, archaeological work at early urban settlements in central and southern Ghana identified ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s true for early human ancestors, too. Different activities such as climbing, grasping or hammering place ...

This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images ...