With each new discovery in paleontology, we are gradually moving away from the Hollywood-inspired image of dinosaurs ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

This evidence poses the question of why current human populations are predominantly descended from the latest “out of Africa” ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Scientists have uncovered 18-million-year-old secrets preserved in fossilized teeth, revealing unexpected insights into ...

Science Archaeology Humans hurled massive mammoth tusk boomerangs 40,000 years ago At almost 2.5 feet long, the ivory weapon wasn’t designed to return to the user. Andrew Paul Jun 26, 2025 11:23 ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful ...