A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area that ...

Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to a new study that offers a ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

A pioneering international genomics study has revealed that ancient Asians were responsible for the longest prehistoric migration in human history, spanning over 12,000 miles (20,000 kilometers) from ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning “large head people”—they’ve recently been introduced to science under the ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei at the Institute of ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

In Indonesia’s Gunung Padang site, a massive megalithic pyramid structure has been claimed to date back 25,000 years, predating Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza by over 20,000 years and challenging ...

While few of us today know how to start a bonfire without matches or a lighter, learning to make fire was one of the most critical developments in human history. New evidence suggests humans figured ...

Millennia ago, when ancient people did not know what toothbrushes were, food particles and microbes clung stubbornly to their teeth. These plaques mineralized over time to form crusty, hard tartar.