This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

Researchers from the University of Washington excavating a site in China have found Neanderthal tools dating back almost ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

A new study suggests genetic changes allow horses to produce more energy, while minimizing the toll the energy takes on cells ...

A 210,000-year-old skull from Greece’s Apidima Cave reveals the earliest known Homo sapiens outside Africa, pushing back the ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

People living in North Africa today can trace their ancestry back to a unique human population that lived in the Sahara at a ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

Cornelia, an advanced operating system, is born in a factory in China in a ritual that carefully prepares her to be sent to ...