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 ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

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

Fire and Ash’ cast looks like when they aren’t dressed as their Na’Vi counterparts via James Cameron's motion capture.

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 ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

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 ...