In recent years, there have been numerous studies that compare anatomically modern humans – our direct ancestors – to other ...

A recently uncovered archaeological site has yielded a set of "surprising" insights into the lives of Neanderthals during a poorly known period of their history. The latest findings, published in the ...

Across Ice Age Europe, human movement followed narrow corridors shaped by climate, terrain, and time. Along those corridors, two human groups occupied overlapping centuries without clear records of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by Tel Aviv University shows a reconstructed skull of a child, which dates back some 140,000 years, ...

In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and about ...

The study's findings indicate that these giant elephants were not stationary creatures. Strontium isotope analyses, which act as a "travel diary" preserved in tooth enamel, showed that some ...

Neanderthal remains recently discovered in a cave in France support well-known theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct, researchers behind a new study say. Neanderthal remains recently ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Neumark-Nord in northeastern Germany was a lake landscape in the last interglacial period. It is rich in archaeological finds ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Signs of de-fleshing on the bones of Neanderthals ...

The Neanderthal samples from Payre, southern France, dated to around 250,000 years ago, contained distinct “bands” of lead inside the teeth, but lead exposure was found in 73% of all the primate and ...