ancient humans

Around seven thousand years ago, ancient humans in northeastern Spain put their deceased deep within a cave. This created a large burial ground that lasted about four thousand years. Now, archaeologists say they've found over seven thousand bones there. Some...

The fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico in 2021 have revealed that humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought. A recent study has further bolstered the significance of these ancient tracks, offering valuable insights into their...

Back in 2003, scientists made a discovery in Indonesia. They found some ancient human-like bones in a cave. After careful examination, they concluded that the person these bones belonged to was most likely a woman. What made her unique was...

Researchers have recently uncovered compelling evidence of Neanderthals engaging in cannibalistic behavior. This significant finding emerged from an excavation in a cave located in northeastern Spain. The discovery was officially announced on Friday (June 23) by a team of dedicated...

Svante Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist and professor who sequenced the Neanderthal genome through his work on human evolution, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Pääbo, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology...

DNA retrieved from the ancient skeleton of a teenage girl found in Sulawesi, Indonesia has shed light on a group of previously unknown humans, providing insight into our development as a species. Information regarding the discovery of the stone-age skeleton,...

Today's placid scenes along the shores of Greece's Pinios River belie its ancient history as the home of hippopotamuses, bison and elephants.

A 1.5 million year old fossil is rewriting the "Out of Africa" theory once again, as vertebrae unearthed in Ubeidiya, Israel appear to show that individuals from a pre-human species came in one of multiple waves out of the...

The ten most fascinating things discovered about our human ancestors were not difficult to decide this past year, which was a banner year in the field of research into human history. From North America through Europe and Asia, scientists who...