A study looks at an ancestral recombination graph of the genomes of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans to map how much of our genome is shared.

DNA from ancient soil reveals the history of the cave that cracked open the field of human evolution

The Ancient Struggle for Homo Sapiens to Rule the Earth

A fossil skull nicknamed “Dragon Man” has surfaced in China under mysterious circumstances, with big news for Neandertals. Dragon Man belonged to a previously unrecognized Stone Age species that replaces Neandertals as the closest known relatives of people today, researchers say.

Indigenous people lived sustainably in the tropical Amazon rainforest for more than 5,000 years, a study shows.

Hidden in the vast, arid expanses of India's Thar Desert lie mysterious old drawings carved into the land.

Some 2500 years ago the Greeks fought many battles – and isotopic analysis of skeletons from one conflict suggests victory may have been made possible with the help of non-Greek mercenaries

Scientists say cave paintings in Spain, thought to have been by our ancestors, were actually by Neanderthals. So did they teach us everything we know?

Researchers have discovered a series of creativity-linked genes that may have given Homo sapiens a significant edge over Neanderthals, enabling them to avoid extinction.

For a couple of hundred years, Cahokia was the place to be in what is now the US state of Illinois. The bustling, vibrant city was at one time home to some 15,000 people, but by the end of the 14th century it was deserted

Where ancient humans lived — and when — can be unveiled using DNA extracted from sediment layers dug from cave floors.

First nuclear DNA from sediment shows turnover, migration among ancient cave dwellers in Spain

Human cultures can see the world through very different lenses, but the way we sort stars in the night sky is surprisingly universal.

People working on mining sites in the Eastern Alps during the Bronze Age had cooked, bread-based meals delivered to them during the day

Archaeologist says ability to think and create objects may not have been restricted to homo sapiens

Anthropologists believed that before the implementation of agriculture, men hunted and women gathered, but new evidence suggests that this might not have been the case.

When a term signifies something that does not exist, we need to examine our use of it.

The technique implies covering the inside of the conical bread moulds with a layer of fine sandy clay, heating the moulds up horizontally and shaping the dough in advance into elongated pieces.

A small team of researchers from France, Italy and the U.S., has found evidence that suggests Sahelanthropus tchadensis was not a hominin, and thus was not the earliest known human ancestor. In their paper published in Journal of Human Evolution, the group describes their study of the fossilized leg bone and what it showed them.

Study of ancient Africans suggests dairy consumption predated evolution of lactase persistence genes