Research on ancient DNA is surging, but how can scientists ensure that human remains of irreplaceable significance are ...

Human smell genes are still evolving, with hunter-gatherers retaining older variants and farming groups showing changes ...

The Denisovans, a mysterious group of ancient humans originally identified purely from DNA, finally have a face. Using molecular evidence, Qiaomei Fu at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Footprints dating back 800,000 years have been uncovered on a beach in Norfolk, England, offering one of the oldest direct records of early human presence in northern Europe. Discovered at Happisburgh ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

As the sun shines for longer every day in the northern hemisphere, we can all breathe a sigh of relief – literally. That’s because as we enter spring we are gradually leaving cold and flu season – the ...