The tools, found in an area where an ancient rainforest once stood, push back the oldest known evidence of humans in similar ...

We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these ...

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

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, ...

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

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

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

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile repairs its DNA and prevents harmful mutations. The findings provides valuable insights into genetic ...

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known bone tools—dated to 1.5 million years ago—at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...