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What was the first human species?

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on record?

LiveScience · Aug 16, 2025

2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

LiveScience · Aug 15, 2025

Ancient jawbone found on seafloor belongs to mysterious group of human ancestors

The partial jawbone was first recovered when a fishing operation dredged the seafloor

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025

Small-brained ancient human cousins may have buried their dead, according to a surprising study

Scientists say they've found evidence an ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Earliest Evidence Of Our Ancestors Using Tools 3 Million Years Ago Unearthed

In Kenya, archeologists have discovered the earliest proof of human predecessors using tools to butcher livestock 

Zenger · Feb 13, 2023

Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools

A site in Kenya has yielded some of the oldest stone tools ever found — and fueled a mystery of who used them

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Discovery of 3m-year-old stone tools sparks prehistoric whodunnit

Presence of teeth from extinct hominin challenges view that only members of Homo genus used complex tools

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023