A lot of what we think about history can come from the most high-profile aspects of it, the stuff from which hit movies and ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

They might just rewrite the history of human migration.

Archaeologists in Southeast Asia have uncovered stone tools and fishing gear that suggest advanced seafaring existed 40,000 ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising information about early British history. Hunter-gatherer genes were prevalent in ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity on a humble field in Barnham in the U.K. county of Suffolk. According to Chris Stringer of ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

In 2003, scientists exploring Liang Bua, a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, discovered a skeleton with a nearly complete skull brimming with teeth. Measuring 3 feet 6 inches tall, ...