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

Did you know that homo sapiens were not the only type of ancient "human" to exist? During most of the past 2 million years or ...

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 ...

The Coal Seam Fire—so named because it sits along a coal seam—was set alight during the Plateau Fire, which hit the region in the summer of 2018. A group of researchers are scheduled to speak at the ...

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

Fossils dating back 773,000 years from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco shed new light on the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans. An international team of researchers has ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A faded outline of a human hand on a cave wall in Indonesia could now be the world’s oldest known rock art, according to ...

A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a lost continent known as Sahul that once linked Australia with southeast Asia.