When early humans spread across the planet absorb and replace other hominids in their wake, Neanderthals tried to stay anchored...
To determine the source of the burnt material – black carbon –, the researchers scanned sediments from the Chicxulub crater as well as ocean sediment samples...
The very first humans originally developed in Africa before around 60,000 years ago. After that, the story of mankind eventually goes down many different paths, some...
The very first humans first appeared in Africa before about 60,000 years ago. After that the history of humankind takes many different paths, some more clearly...
We can’t know what life truly looked like thousands of years ago, but ancient civilizations have left us with tantalizing clues — some of them grislier than...
Few places on Earth are as well known for their so-called mysteries as Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. For a tiny island of 64...
In a published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, researchers detail how they sequenced DNA from the remains of 14 woolly rhinos, Coelodonta antiquitatis, and determined...
Ardelean’s research pushes the date of humans in North America nearly twice as far back in time. The story you were taught of the original peopling...