Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever has. However, the other members of our species' lineage weren't nearly as ...

Around 70,000 years ago, humans nearly faced extinction. A huge volcanic eruption, likely from Indonesia's Mount Toba, caused a volcanic winter. This event significantly lowered global temperatures ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...