Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

His comments come amid growing global tensions over refugee policies, migration control, and the balance between state ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Archaeologists in Portugal just identified the world's oldest mummies — thanks to a few undeveloped rolls of 60-year-old film ...

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...