MailOnline has asked the experts what the world might look like if the Neanderthals and Denisovans hadn't gone extinct.

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...

The mammoth tusk boomerang from a cave in Poland represented the artistic abilities of our ancestors in producing symbolic ...

Boomerangs are some of humanity’s oldest tools. In the northernmost region of Australia, 50,000-year-old cave art appears to ...

A mammoth tusk artefact discovered in a Polish cave could be Europe’s earliest example of a boomerang and even the oldest ...

The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication ...

Exile shaped the very fabric of my identity, forcing the question that haunts every refugee: Where does home go when the road ...

Fire is an ancient natural phenomenon that has shaped our planet for more than 400 million years. It alters habitats, affects ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.