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.

Newly discovered teeth from Ethiopia reveal that early humans coexisted with a mysterious cousin species, reshaping our ...

The Orozmani site in the country of Georgia revealed the oldest human remains found outside Africa, shedding light on the ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

An international team from Tel Aviv University and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research announced that a reanalysis of a child’s skull from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel provided ...

Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs ...

But the new study also suggests that the ilium underwent a second major change millions of years later, when humans evolved ...

Throughout human history, humans have seen themselves as the masters of the universe — a species destined to dominate the natural world. Yet, ...

Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Andre Mueller was fascinated ...