Archeologists working at White Sands National Park in  New Mexico may have uncovered the earliest known traces of such a ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

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

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

A fingerprint preserved in ancient tar and new chemical clues are helping scientists trace the origins of Scandinavia’s ...

Biologist Jon Allen is the proud owner of the world's oldest ribbon worm on record. The adopted invertebrate is fondly called ...

The country has been repeatedly sanctioned by Western countries both for its crackdown on human rights and for allowing ...

The site where the earliest known human-made fire was discovered was the "perfect location" for early humans, a researcher ...

Researchers uncover the biological and lifestyle factors that helped María Branyas Morera reach 117 in extraordinary health, ...

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

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...