Crocodiles and alligators are usually the apex predators in whatever environment they live in. Their massive jaws and armored ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

On the surface, it’s just an old map—but every border tells a deeper story. This 1935 view of Africa offers a striking look into colonial power and how it shaped the continent ...

Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

The way Sahaleanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

It was the first pre-Pangea supercontinent to be proposed, and for decades the evidence seemed overwhelming. So why do so ...