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

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

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago.

A little over 100,000 years ago, groups of prehistoric humans in the Levant suddenly began burying their dead, marking one of ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary discovery that challenges our understanding of early human evolution. A young ...

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

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) appear to have arrived on the island by about 46,000 years ago, and a possible extension of the hobbits’ presence on Flores suggests that they might have encountered ...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.