We know from the traces left behind in our DNA that Homo sapiens met and mingled with Neanderthals long before our species ...

New evidence from South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave suggests early human ancestors were using fire as far back as 1.79 million ...

Archaeology and paleontology are filled with discoveries that solve one mystery while creating several more. One of the most ...

Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted ...

A study in a cave in northern Israel suggests that pre-Neanderthal human groups were already using advanced tools, fire, and ...

Archaeologists have found a wealth of artifacts and monuments that have fundamentally altered how we perceive and understand ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Ancient humans and canines formed deep bonds long before the invention of farms or modern pet toys. Evidence from DNA and ritual burial sites highlights that domestic dogs existed as a distinct group ...