The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...