10,000-Year-Old Genomes Rewrite Human Evolution ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Excavations of Neolithic site in Turkey suggest human settlements more than 12,000 years ago ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Archaic humans living in the Levant around 120,000 years ago were highly selective hunters who carefully targeted prime-aged female wild cattle, rather than engaging in the mass hunting events that ...

Approaching a black hole unleashes extreme tidal forces, stretching and tearing apart matter, including planets like Earth, a ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

Ancient wetland earthworks in Bolivia reveal sustainable Indigenous land management that continues to inspire modern conservation. In Bolivia’s hidden tectonic lakes, researchers uncovered vast ...