Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are. Archaeologist Geórgea Holanda works on one ...

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

There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has ...

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

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

Humans have been around on Earth for thousands of years, but there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out of ...

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

If you want to feel like Lara Croft, Indiana Jones, or Nathan Drake, you have to add these places to your bucket list.

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.

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