The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

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

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

The timing of the first human arrival in the Americas remains one of the most debated questions in archaeology. Evidence from ...

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia ...

Researchers have discovered fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, in what is now New Mexico. Credit: National ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...

When a relative died, I was given an extraordinary artifact—and a head-spinning journey down a 25-year ethical rabbit hole.

Huge tunnels under southern Brazil and northern Argentina were potentially made by giant, Ice Age sloths for refuge and rest ...

As we celebrate Hanukkah and the tenacity of the Jewish people, it's important to understand and remember the importance of ...

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in ...

New genetic research shows that DNA and archaeological evidence align with the "long chronology" of the peopling of Australia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...