Progovac's study challenges two dominant narratives in human evolution: "survival of the fittest" (physical strength) and "survival of the friendliest" (prosociality). While both played a role, ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

SD: Yeah, and so here’s the twist. For most of human history, people didn’t need braces. AC: Which is wild. SD: So wild. It’s ...

Murder has been part of humanity since the birth of civilization. However, these events have not always been documented.

The Shroud of Turin is a 14.4-foot by 3.6-foot linen cloth bearing the faint, negative image of a crucified man. For centuries, millions have believed it to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus of ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

A fossil discovered in Egypt could reshape our understanding of human ancestry and evolution, revealing a previously unknown ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish Parliament, was found guilty by Finland's Supreme Court of inciting hatred after she ...

With the analysis of seven hominin fossils discovered in 2014, researchers are now adding another piece to the human ...