The ancient cranium - discovered in Petralona Cave, about 22 miles south-east of Thessaloniki in Greece - is less than ...

Long before modern humans appeared in Africa about 300,000 years ago, our ancestors faced a crisis that almost ended the lineage entirely. A groundbreaking study has revealed that between 930,000 and ...

Introduction of the organized gambling venues or halls over informal betting was another milestone in the history of casino games. Whereas Western Europe tended to outlaw gambling as a vice, other ...

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest example of interbreeding between the two groups.