It’s a little wild to think about how Neil Patrick Harris’s 14-year-old twins, Gideon and Harper, are almost as old as he was when he first broke through on network TV. Cast as Doogie Howser, M.D., ...

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

Nick Clooney and Nina Bruce Warren wed in 1959 and welcomed George Clooney two years later. Here’s everything to know about ...

Neandertal remains in Northern Europe has revealed evidence of selective cannibalism targeting Neandertal females and ...

Wine Spectator’s 2025 Top 100 list highlights Napa Valley’s growing diversity of wines, celebrates a strong showing from ...

According to groundbreaking findings from England, Neanderthals were sparking their own fires 400,000 years ago — hundreds of thousands of years earlier than many anthropologists previously believed.

The expression of symbolic behavior, such as drawing, dates back to Paleolithic societies. Alongside modern humans (Homo sapiens), we now know that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) also engaged in ...

The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest confirmed evidence had come from Neanderthal ...

Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically pushing back the timeline for when our ancient ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...