Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Bones were exhumed and passed around to members of the community, who used the remains of their ancestors in a surprising ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

Early humans crossed Philippine seas 40,000 years ago, building coastal networks, fishing offshore, and developing maritime ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

The latest research on a Neanderthal infant from Amud Cave in Israel is giving a clearer picture of how different early ...

Nearly 800,000 years ago, early humans gathered along the shores of a lush lake in what is now northern Israel. Here, they ...

Over 70 historians and scholars who study the ancient world from around the nation gathered at the University of Iowa April ...

Malta is one of the Mediterranean’s most remote islands. The nearest land is Sicily, about 85 kilometres north. Today, with ferries and planes, getting there is light work, but in the distant past, ...