Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable discovery in New Mexico that proves once and for all that humans came to North ...

Denisovans were a type of ancient human that for a long time were known only from their DNA and teeth. But recent fossil findings and analysis is now revealing what these people looked like and that ...

Learn how new research challenges the age of Monte Verde and what it means for early human migration in South America.

For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde. Scientists found echoes of human presence dating back to around ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist near an ancient encampment in South America challenges a relatively new but widely accepted theory that the people who made and used Clovis ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

The Trump administration’s campaign to remove National Park Service exhibits that “inappropriately disparage” historical ...

New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...