An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

The piece of cranium, found in 1985 on Yámana Beach, is believed to be the oldest human remains ever discovered in the South Pole region, potentially dating back to the early 19th Century. The find ...

A stone wall discovered deep inside Theopetra Cave in central Greece may be the oldest surviving human-built structure ever ...

A pair of bones long touted as Japan’s oldest human remains have been reidentified—not as people, but as a prehistoric brown ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...

Canadian authorities have identified a person known as "The Woman in the Well" nearly two decades after her remains were found. The woman, Alice Spence, was born in September 1881 and had moved to ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Investigators are one step closer to solving Oregon’s oldest unidentified person case. Since 1946, the mystery surrounding the homicide and partial remains of a woman referred ...

The names of human ancestors are now on an asteroid map. The geological features of an oddly shaped asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft now have official names, and like the mission's moniker, ...

Study of Maria Branyas Morera found a youth-leaning gut, low inflammation, rare genes, and slower DNA-based aging—offering ...