The world’s oldest modified mammoth ivory pieces may have been used by children to mimic the tools of their parents, or ...

Thanks to a combination of genetic, palaeoecological, and archaeological evidence, scientists have uncovered that the Persian Plateau served as a vital hub for Homo sapiens during the early stages of ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

In “Darkenbloom,” by the Austrian novelist Eva Menasse, the citizens of a European border town have secrets they’d prefer to ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

A 210,000-year-old skull from Greece’s Apidima Cave reveals the earliest known Homo sapiens outside Africa, pushing back the ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

The most obvious possibility is that Neanderthals themselves reached China. Neanderthals are well documented in Europe, going ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...