Researchers have discovered fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, in what is now New Mexico. Credit: National ...

However, the most fascinating discovery is that the team also found human DNA belonging to the ‘Fournol’ genetic ancestry, a ...

Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. At such a critical ...

As global warming accelerates the melting of Himalayan glaciers and increases risks, the expert committee’s decision to ...

DNA Research Unlocks the Secrets of the Red Lady of El Mirón and Her Ancient Lineage Deep within the ancient recesses of El ...

For the study, published in Scientific Reports, scientists analysed remains from Maszycka Cave near Krakow, studying 10 ...

In the 19th century, archaeologists in Poland unearthed a stunning cave filled with prehistoric secrets. The Maszycka Cave, ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...

New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ...

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...