Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

Fossils and genetic evidence reveal that human evolution was not a simple replacement of one species by another. Studies of ...

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Long before genetic testing and genome browsers, a small child was laid to rest in a shallow grave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel. Today that youngster, known as Skhūl, is at the ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

The expression of symbolic behavior, such as drawing, dates back to Paleolithic societies. Alongside modern humans (Homo ...

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Recent archaeological findings in the Sahara Desert have unveiled a tantalizing glimpse into a long-lost lineage of ancient ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...