The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...
Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...
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.
A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...
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 ...
New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...
Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...
What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient ...
Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear.