Yet these primordial grave-diggers weren’t quite like us, and new research reveals that a young child from the world’s oldest ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

The burial site, considered one of the world’s oldest cemeteries, has long been a point of intrigue for scientists. The ...

Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as ...

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

which he plans to turn into a “modern-day Berkshire Hathaway.” Ackman and the management of Howard Hughes HHH have now agreed on a $900 million investment as part of a plan to operate the ...

This suggests that humans were largely limited to Africa for over 200,000 years of prehistory because they hadn’t yet learned how to navigate and thrive in ecologically challenging environments.