Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

Arabia is synonymous with vast deserts and arid landscapes. However, this was not always the case. For much of thelast 8 ...

A new study finds that Arabia was once a green corridor of rivers and lakes, enabling animal and human migration between Africa and Eurasia over the past 8 million years. A new study published in ...

His plans to search for early human remains in Africa had met with skepticism. “There’s nothing of significance to be found there,” he recalled being told by a Cambridge professor.

Around 250,000 years ago, early humans in Africa started heading towards the cooler climes of Eurasia. There, they encountered the Neanderthals, our now-extinct relatives, and over centuries these ...

A comparison between the new female skeletons and humans in Africa 7,000 years ago also shows ... The study also argued the mummies proved that early agricultural practices spread by one group ...

After a three-year closure due to flooding, South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, have reopened with a new immersive experience. The caves, renowned for fossil discoveries ...