A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has announced the documentation and international publication of a scientific discovery ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

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Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?