New discoveries from Denisova Cave include ancient DNA extracted from sediments and sophisticated jewelry dated to around 45,000 years ago. The finds show that Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern ...

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

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

The latest discoveries in Central China's Henan province are filling critical gaps in understanding East Asia's role in human ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution. When you purchase through ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating back approximately 773,000 years are reshaping scientists’ understanding of human evolution and the origins of Homo ...

A faded outline of a human hand found on a cave wall in Indonesia may officially be the oldest known rock art in the world, ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago. The work was dated by a group of experts from Australia and Indonesia in a ...

An ancient handprint discovered in an Indonesian cave, dated at least 67,800 years old, may be the world's oldest rock art.