A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis -- which, among other claims, suggests that humans first ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Researchers analyzed human remains from the Oakhurst rock shelter in southernmost Africa and reconstructed the genomes of ...

When modern humans emerged from Africa, they explored far more than just new places. They encountered other human species, and in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, they did a heck of a lot more than just ...

When modern humans emerged from Africa, they explored far more than just new places. They encountered other human species, and in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, they did a heck of a lot more than ...

A research group for the first time applied a technique initially developed for contemporary clinical observations to Paleolithic fossils. They reported in the Journal of Human Evolution that Ice Age ...

A study analyzes immune proteins in tooth enamel, revealing health insights from ancient populations and their responses to ...

Sharon Dominick/GettyImages When we think of human evolution, our minds wander back to the millions of years it took natural selection to produce modern-day humans. Recent research suggests that ...

From muon tomography to 3D scanning, here are some cutting-edge technologies that are helping us discover long-lost secrets ...

When modern humans emerged from Africa, they explored far more than just new places. They encountered other human species, and in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, they did a heck of a lot more than just ...