In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a ...

Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals work together? History is rewritten by a finding that is 110,000 years old. There are grave ...

It was in 2013, in South Africa's Rising Star cave system, that archaeologists first discovered the remains of H. naledi.

A cave in Israel reveals traces of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens that differs significantly from what was ...

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than originally thought.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical ...

Another former funeral director charged with the mishandling of burials at an Auckland cemetary has pleaded not guilty in Auckland District Court . The 53-year-old was granted interim name suppression ...

This precise dating confirms that the child belonged to the Gravettian culture, a period marked by the coexistence of modern humans and Neanderthals in Europe. The researchers also discovered that ...

Neanderthal DNA strengthens the immune system and regulates inflammation Denisovan genes help with altitude adaptation and oxygen use Paleogenetics reveals that human evolution is more complex ...