The first published research from Tinshemet Cave is quietly reshaping how scientists look at the relationship between ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece ...

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

For the first time, new theoretical models, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, connect the magnetism at the surface of ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

The Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile has long been the crown jewel of evidence for the early peopling of the Americas, widely accepted as proof that humans arrived long before the ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...