The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe ...

Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...

An international research team has gained new insights into the burial rituals of Late Ice Age societies in Central Europe. Signs of human remains from the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland being ...

Author Hailey Gardiner recently passed away after an emergency surgery. Her team announced her sudden passing in a post, and tributes for her have been pouring since.

Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. At such a critical ...

Archaeologists have discovered potentially the world's oldest 3D map, carved into the floor of a rock shelter outside of ...