In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

A 200,000-year-old molar from Denisova Cave has provided a glimpse into the life of Denisovans, revealing startling new ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Early humans may have started using language for communication over 100,000 years ago, a new review of genomic data shows. There are some 7,000 identified languages spoken globally, and researchers ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas. Now, a new study led by the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 6,000-year-old skeletons in Colombia that belonged to a mysterious group of people that could rewrite human history. The remains, discovered at the ancient preceramic ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding maternal control and activating its own genetic program. This critical process, ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

Learn how our human ancestors survived and thrived during climate shifts not by eating more meat, but by mastering plant processing. The common belief about our ancient human ancestors is that they ...