A 33,000-year-old sloth bone discovered in Uruguay reveals signs of possible human-made trauma, suggesting early human ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

It's been revealed that Lake Michigan sits atop a Stonehenge-esque structure that may reshape our understanding of human ...

In the region near Lake Victoria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone tools that could rewrite the history of early ...

A mysterious, Stonehenge-like structure beneath Lake Michigan has revealed new clues that could reshape our understanding of ...

Bishop, the synthetic human, adds another layer to the timeline. His activation date marks a point in technological ...

A 27,000-year-old carved face found in France is rewriting what we know about the origins of realistic art in early human ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most revealing discoveries that have changed our understanding of our early ...

The first known fossils of human ancestors, those of Neanderthals, were unearthed in the early 19th century, and decades passed before naturalists understood what they were looking at.

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.