Bruce Bower

This oldest known evidence of people living in tropical forests supports an idea that human evolution occurred across Africa.

Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networks of drainage canals and ponds.

Ancient DNA indicates women stayed in their home communities and married partners from outside the area.

Bones recovered from a natural shaft unveil a 4,000-year-old massacre of men, women and children, possibly part of a cycle of revenge killings.

Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.

Footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths

Earthen channels directed fish into ponds that formed seasonally, providing a dietary bounty for Maya civilizations starting around 4,000 years ago.

Geologic good fortune, skilled scientific scrutiny and a catchy name turned Lucy into an evolutionary icon.

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

A digital exam reels in engraved scenes of Stone Age net fishing