The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the ...

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

Learn how archaeologists are using ancient charcoal deposits to understand what life was like for ancient humans 800,000 ...

A female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito takes a blood meal from a host. For millennia, this mosquito has spread malaria.

The site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY), along the ancient shores of Lake Hula in northern Israel, represents an ...

The Xianrendong site, or "Immortal's Cave", located about 800 kilometers south of Beijing, was first discovered in 2020.

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier than some recent theories suggested. By tracing maternal DNA lineages, the ...

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty A new study suggests Neanderthal males mated with human females more often than the reverse ...