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 ...

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

Remains found at the Nesher Ramla settlement in Israel reveal that archaic humans hunted wild cattle 120,000 years ago.

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

Learn how ancient shell mounds reveal that coastal communities in Brazil were hunting large whales thousands of years earlier ...

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

Animals that evolved in warm, tropical climes rarely decide to move to cold, snowy ones. Take any creature from the African grassland and drop it in Austria during an Ice Age, and the poor creature ...

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, ...