We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

A crushed ancient skull may hold clues to the origins of ancient humans. Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Recent archaeological discoveries across the Americas are reshaping our understanding of ancient history. At the forefront is ...

Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Meanwhile, the absence of abfraction lesions in primates suggests that some of our most common dental problems are uniquely human. It's a reminder that even in something as everyday as toothache, our ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...