The discovery, made in a remote village in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest interior, included seven urns, two of which were larger ...

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

A Fallen Tree Exposed 7 Ancient Urns—With Human Bones Inside. The urns, found in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, aren’t the product any known culture, according to experts.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group ...

Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...