Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

The University of Sheffield is offering a new MSc in Human Bioarchaeology and Osteology starting September 2026.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit ...

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...

A University of Arkansas archaeologist is part of a team that discovered the first example of ancient plague DNA in domesticated livestock.

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

Recent archaeological findings have unveiled a remarkable aspect of Neanderthal life, shedding new light on their ...

Ice Age humans crafted extraordinary shelters from mammoth bones, showcasing a remarkable blend of survival instincts and ...

A mega-catalog of 1,231 fossils reveals that Homo was never a rare species in Omo-Turkana and rewrites the history of our ...