A study of rare fossils has revealed what our ancient human ancestors, the Denisovans, might have looked like.

Ancient proteins link two Xujiayao fossil fragments to Denisovans, revealing more about their skull anatomy and supporting a broader East Asian presence.

More than 30,000 years ago, people associated with one of Europe’s major Palaeolithic cultures (the Gravettian) were more ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA profile unlike any other known to science. This unique genetic lineage, which has ...

University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human migration into North America.

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern ...

Credit: Alberto Martínez Villa Ancient DNA from cave walls offers clues to prehistoric visitors’ sex and ancestry, potentially allowing scientists to investigate who used these spaces without ...

If you’ve ever watched a movie or played a video game about ancient humans, you’ve likely seen the archetype: muscular hunters hurling spears to take down charging mammoths. Decades of popular media ...