A genetic variant inherited from Neanderthals has been linked to reduced severity of Covid-19. Researchers traced the ...

New research suggests ancient human species like Homo erectus could speak, reshaping our understanding of early human ...

Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a ...

Tucked away under limestone cliffs in Gibraltar, a cave that dates back around 40,000 years has led to fascinating ...

65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Vanguard Cave, ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

Yet the researchers don’t stop there, and go on to point out that the inner ear structure of some Homo erectus populations ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

“The pronounced increase in biface knapping skill evident from around half a million years ago in Britain may reflect a ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...