Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Two different groups migrated to what become Australia and New Guinea 60,000 years ago, and researchers are only just beginning to grasp their genetic data.

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

A new report said the first astronauts on Mars should have focused on searching for signs of life. It outlined mission goals, research plans, and guidance for future human exploration ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

What began as a desperate hunt for Shannan Gilbert in the marshes near Gilgo Beach became, in three astonishing days in ...

A major new study has revealed that a group of people in southern Africa lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands ...

A dog trained to detect the odor of human remains reportedly indicated it found something during a search for missing woman ...

The earliest domestic cat arrived in China during the Tang dynasty’s rule between 618AD and 907AD, likely through the ...