Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

These lines in the mud are now pushing scientists to rethink the origin story of the Americas. In 2021, a first analysis of these footprints found that they were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old.

Here’s why some people say they hear cracking and popping from an atmospheric event that shouldn’t be able to produce any ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

The discovery, made in a remote village in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest interior, included seven urns, two of which were larger ...

There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication ...

Ancient Humans Nearly Went Extinct With Only 1,280 People Left, Study Finds Almost 99 per cent of our human ancestors were lost 900,000 years ago, according to a study.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.