Bones were exhumed and passed around to members of the community, who used the remains of their ancestors in a surprising number of ways.
For over 60 years, scientists believed they had found some of the oldest human fossils in Japan in the Ushikawa district. But ...
In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...
The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
A prehistoric hidden cave and hippo bones found beneath Pembroke Castle could transform understanding of ancient life in ...
Thousands of stone artifacts and vertebrate remains, as well as sediments, suggest repeated visits by Homo sapiens in a ...
A new study testifies to how hominins at Gesher Benot Ya’akov took advantage of their environment to fuel fires, showing ...
Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...
A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...
Learn how archaeologists exploring Wogan Cavern uncovered a once-in-a-lifetime find beneath a Welsh castle, revealing Ice Age ...
The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a gray seal, which would have ...