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 ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

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Why is swapping saliva something all human societies have normalised? Turns out kissing isn't just a human thing — all sorts of species appear to kiss, and new research suggests Neanderthals did it ...

The newest chapter in the saga of the Na’vi people continues to build their highly detailed world. Here’s a guide to catch you up on the developments.

For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

This video revealed how Homo sapiens once lived in constant fear of a stronger, faster, more ruthless human species. It ...

Learning to light our own fires was one of the great turning points in human history, offering our ancestors warmth, a place ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can't see, such as what foods different people are able to digest. When ...

Anthropologists have spent centuries piecing together the story of human history. For every fascinating detail they unearth, there are others that are rather, uh, unsavory. A new analysis of human ...