The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs to this group, after examining preserved DNA and proteins ...

Evidence buried in gypsum dunes suggests humans arrived far earlier than expected. Radiocarbon dates from three materials ...

In 2019, ancient footprints were excavated in New Mexico that appeared to reset the timeline of human activity in the ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

A new study by University of Arizona researchers bolsters the case that fossilized footprints in White Sands, New Mexico, are ...

However, identification of the tracks as H. sapiens fits with the current picture of where different kinds of humans were living some 115,000 years ago, when Neanderthals, Denisovans, and even ...

The burial site, considered one of the world’s oldest cemeteries, has long been a point of intrigue for scientists. The ...

Turns Out to Be Oldest Complete Human Fingerprint Ever Forensic technology has helped researchers make a significant ...

Early Settlements Fueled the Rise of Human-Associated Bed Bugs. The establishment of cities like Mesopotamia around 12,000 years ago coincided with the expansion of human bed bug populations. As ...

If Yellowstone is dangerous now, it’s a cakewalk compared to the Pleistocene age where humans had to contend with mammoths, mastodons and saber-toothed-tigers. Scientists say people are "pansies" now ...

ABC 4 reported that Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said that after picking up the shoe his dog discovered, the owner of the dog saw what “appeared to be a bone in the shoe.”. Curtis told ABC 4, ...