A quiet dig in Romania unearthed more than ancient bones it cracked open our understanding of when and how humans first ...

Thomas M. Disch, The New Leader "Guns, Germs and Steel lays a foundation for understanding human history, which makes it fascinating in its own right. Because it brilliantly describes how chance ...

Understanding human evolution often involves looking closely at our DNA. Yet obtaining ancient DNA from fossils older than 300,000 years—especially from Africa—is incredibly challenging.

Though it was underwater just 12,000 years ago, White Sands National Park — now an arid desert landscape — abounds with ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

“Clarifying the connection between the development of society and the appearance, use and decline of monument construction is critical to enhancing our understanding of human history,” Ryan say ...