An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X ...

Researchers discovered evidence of advanced surgery on a 2,500-year-old skull from the ancient Pazyryk culture of southern ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

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A study led by McKenna Litynski, a Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of ...

Ancient sewing needles helped humans survive freezing climates by enabling tailored clothing, while also serving many other uses.