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

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

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

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of ...

Scientists say humans' fondness for alcohol traces back to primate ancestors who sought fermented fruits, shaping both metabolism and social behaviors.

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first ...