Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and ...
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...
Chimpanzee calls activate key human brain voice regions, revealing ancient neural links that may reshape our understanding of language origins.
Researchers spent four years analyzing to rule out natural wildfires. Geochemical tests showed temperatures had exceeded 700 degrees Celsius.
Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...
National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...
New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...
The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...
The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...
More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...
New research by English archaeologists presents strong evidence for the earliest known use of fire by ancient humans.