Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The ...

This interbreeding between species left an indelible mark that remains present in our current DNA. Between 50,500 and ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

The promise all good fountain pens deliver—be they expensive or affordable—is that they make your handwriting better than you ...

During the Ice Age, massive woolly mammoths, cave bears, and dire wolves roamed icy landscapes. Saber-toothed cats hunted ...

What may surprise you, though, is how well our most ancient ancestors ate. One reason they led quite a healthy life was that ...

Researchers believe marine fossils were deliberately collected by Neanderthals, despite holding no practical value.

The study found that unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are ...

Homo sapiens And Homo neanderthalensis they are two species of hominids who shared our planet for tens of thousands of ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

The Economist tries “slow journalism” with Paul Salopek ...