We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we ...

At Kalambo Falls in Zambia, archaeologists have excavated two interlocking logs deliberately shaped with tools by early ...

New research conducted using airborne laser scanning reveals that a multicultural civilization that flourished in ...

Discovery of almost 400 structures may help to redefine the true scale of the Aquiry civilization — plus, tiny fossils of the earliest fossil squid ancestor.

Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

The video looks at some of the world’s oldest surviving peoples, but the strongest story comes from Aboriginal Australians.

An overview of the excavated track surface with a mix of deeper hippopotamus and antelope footprints and shallower hominin ...

Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a shallow mudflat, but their footprints don’t ...

Overview of the excavated track surface with a mix of deeper hippopotamus and antelope footprints and shallower hominin tracks visible. Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian. Ancient footprints preserved ...

Lupita Nyong’o’s Helen of Troy casting in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has drawn racial criticism. A teacher’s response ...

Every martial art requires a master. Griffin found his own sensei, with the necessary stature (and even the exotic name), in ...