These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

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Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

Archaeologists have identified what appears to be the earliest clear evidence that ancient humans were not just tending ...

Earliest evidence found of rice plants in the Pacific on Guam, revealing rituals and a journey from the Philippines 3,500 years ago.

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

A man in Bulgaria survived a deadly lion attack 5,000 years ago—his skeleton reveals a story of survival and care.

Researchers spent four years analyzing to rule out natural wildfires. Geochemical tests showed temperatures had exceeded 700 degrees Celsius.

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Pyrite found at a 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England suggests that early humans were making fire long before experts ...