Evolution

  1. Archaeology

    Fossils hint hominids migrated through a ‘green’ Arabia 300,000 years ago

    A once-green Arabia may have enabled Stone Age entries by Homo groups.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Humans

    A 90,000-year-old bone knife hints special tools appeared early in Africa

    The discovery of a bone knife in a Moroccan cave points to the ancient emergence of specialized toolmaking in the region.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Anthropology

    Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago

    Humans reached the island near Africa 6,000 years earlier than thought, raising questions about how its megafauna went extinct.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Archaeology

    This South African cave stone may bear the world’s oldest drawing

    The Stone Age line design could have held special meaning for its makers, a new study finds.