Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on ...

According to Finestone, Nyayanga stones are significantly older than other known examples of ancient stone transport.

Early human ancestors also carried these toolkits of carved and chipped stones long distances, possibly indicating an ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

A team of international scientists has discovered new fossils at a field site in Africa that indicate Australopithecus, and ...