The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

A fossil discovery near Pampore, Kashmir, sheds light on the interaction between ancient humans and the environment of the ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...

The burial of a young woman, possibly as young as 17, was identified as “burial 10” and dated to between 771 and 953 A.D., ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

For decades, the story of human origins has been pieced together from fossil evidence scattered across Africa, Europe, and ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

"I was in this hot, dry desert ... of course, I knew that I was in sediments that had been an ancient lake," Harris said. "But picking up a fish skull, that really makes it concrete. Wow ...

ALBUQUERQUE — A new species and genus of a toothy prehistoric fish has been discovered ... in December argues that an unusually large fish skull discovered several years ago is actually a ...

After more than 30 years of studying ancient human ancestors in Asia ... the back part, of the skull. We were able to reconstruct that and then we said, ‘You know what? This actually doesn ...