Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, an extraordinary chapter in the story of humanity unfolded. Two distinct branches of the ...

The North Pontic region's genetic diversity over 3,500 years reflects continuous migration and mixing, blending European, ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...

Ability of early humans to process plants using tools indicative of high level of cooperation, researchers say ...

While the project will analyse the DNA of more than 1,000 ancient human remains of people who lived in Britain during the ...

Researchers from Swedish Museum of Natural History and Northeast Forestry ... Approximately 20 individual ancient human fossils, including a relatively complete skull, over 400 stone artifacts ...