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A surprising cache of stone tools unearthed in China closely resembles Neanderthal tech from Ice Age Europe.
Your face stops growing in a way that neanderthals' never did.
Early humans may have prized volcanic balls for over a million years.
New study uncovers the silent contributions of women in medieval bookmaking.
That's a whole million years earlier than what we previously thought.
Machine learning is reshaping our understanding of history, one lost word at a time.
These marks found with footprints could be from 22,000-year-old primitive sleds, making them the oldest vehicle tracks.
For thousands of years, Neanderthals flourished across Eurasia. But new research suggests their genetic diversity plummeted in a sudden population collapse 110,000 years ago.
Pale skin didn't dominate Europe until surprisingly recently.
In the 19th century, archaeologists in Poland unearthed a stunning cave filled with prehistoric secrets. The Maszycka Cave, as it’s called, once sheltered Magdalenian people 18,000 years ago. Now, a new study offers compelling evidence that the cave was the site of a grisly ritual — or perhaps something even darker. Did these ancient people […]
Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.
Ice core analysis from Greenland reveals volcanic upheaval that coincides with the creation of mysterious "sunstones" in Denmark.
A groundbreaking study of the Durotriges tribe in Iron Age Britain reveals that women played central roles in their society.
Laser-stimulated fluorescence unveils intricate Chancay tattoos.
Engraved over 20 millennia ago, it intertwines ritual, symbolism, and water management in a stunning display of prehistoric ingenuity.
Wild chimpanzees' tool selection reveals surprising parallels with ancient hominins.
Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.
On a visit to feline-friendly Turkey, an anthropologist considers what long-standing practices of caring for cats reveal about human societies.
Can you imagine a world without numbers? For many people, that's their reality.
New study challenges traditional views on human evolution with "bizarre" findings.
Beer, goats, and grains: here's what the oldest document reveals.
More than memorializing a math mistake, stone tablets show just how advanced the Babylonians were in their time.
Most of us have Neanderthal ancestors, and now scientists how revealed important details about how their DNA shape us today.
Scientists have identified evidence of a new ancient human species, Homo juluensis, from fossils in East Asia.
Ancient hunter-gatherers shattered gender stereotypes with shared mastery of running, climbing, swimming, and diving.
Researchers propose a stunning new theory for why Neanderthals and humans started to bury their dead at the same time.
Could kissing be a relic from our ancestors' grooming practices? A new study explores the origins.
Something like this would seem unimaginable for our Homo sapiens species.
The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping mechanisms. Military actions, infrastructure problems, and social welfare demands may then combine or clash, accumulating costs and backlash effects that the declining empire cannot manage. Policies aimed to strengthen empire—and that once did—now undermine it. Contemporary social changes […]
Algorithms have been manipulating you for a while. It's time to manipulate them back to find positivity and happiness.
They were not the rudimentary cavemen they're sometimes portrayed as.
Early Homo floresiensis was even smaller than previously thought and may have evolved from isolated Homo erectus populations.
It doesn't look like much to the untrained eye, but experts say it could be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.
The same ritual was also described until the 19th century.
These children are South America's earliest known victims of a deadly bone infection caused by the smallpox virus.
It's the oldest known case of Down syndrome.
It's a key finding for the birth of human civilization.
Neanderthal genes from ancient interbreeding may increase our susceptibility to autism.
The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of the past.
This "new" diet has been around for thousands of years.
The timing of our teeth's eruption reveals how humans evolved long childhoods to support brain development and complex social skills.
New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human.
Early humans mastered fire-making, transitioning from using natural fires to intentionally creating and controlling flames.
Mirroring the Holy Roman Empire, the EU unites Europe's diverse nations into a powerful, peaceful alliance while maintaining each country's distinct identity.
The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. They remain central to debates about the nature of the genus Homo (the broad biological classification that humans and their relatives fall into). Neanderthals are also vital for understanding the uniqueness or otherwise of our species, Homo sapiens. We shared an ancestor with the […]
The specters of war have haunted soldiers since humans first waged war on one another.
These cities had a lot of gardens and green spaces in between homes and other buildings
Humans, like many animals, spend a lot of time playing, an activity that may develop essential skills and foster cooperation, supporting our complex social structures.
Discovery of ancient viruses in Neanderthal remains may reshape our understanding of their extinction.
Running is one thing humans are really good at. Could that be owed to hunting?
