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 ...

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

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

human beings have endeavored to understand their own evolutionary origins and history. A lot of questions still remain, but these mainly pertain to the specifics. Today, paleoanthropologists ...

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Five Aspects of Kaos That Might or Might Not be from Greek Myth By Emily Hauser /The Conversation Kaos is a modern-day, darkly comic reworking ... of fragmentation and restoring its... At Ancient ...

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

In the heart of the Zagros Mountains, ancient humans might have crossed paths with Neanderthals, leaving genetic imprints ...

One of the "last" Neanderthal individuals has been found in a cave in France, revealing a previously unknown lineage.

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 ...