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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

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

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