Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes.

Archaeologists in Israel unearthed prehistoric hand axes that Homo erectus crafted from stones including fossils and crystals ...

The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the ...

Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a construction project This is the first time fossils of this ...

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A new study testifies to how hominins at Gesher Benot Ya’akov took advantage of their environment to fuel fires, showing ...

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, ...

Findings suggest need for cooperation among human ancestors Kristin Cimmerer of University of Toronto, Mississauga, and Kyra Pazan of California State ...