This week we learned that the Neanderthal/Denisovan/Human family tree is pretty complicated, thanks to a close look into some ...

The main reason our noses don't take up space in our vision comes down to a somewhat startling fact: We don't see the world ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

The celebration of this particular anniversary, for a site that is the only World Heritage Site to be exclusively dedicated to the Neanderthals, will fit in well into the overall centenary theme. A ...

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

A small bone fragment from Denisova Cave revealed a 13-year-old girl with a Neanderthal mother and Denisovan father. This ...

New research suggests ancient human species like Homo erectus could speak, reshaping our understanding of early human ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...