The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Researchers at a dig site in Spain discovered tools from some of the first farmers, possibly dating back 7,000 years. The ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear.

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...