In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

A trove of prehistoric Ice Age treasures are being exhibited alongside classic works of art to show why they deserve their ...

Despite the abundance of theories about the arrival of humans in North America, there is one that is most accredited by ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

In the face of deadly heat, will mankind respond to climate change in time? Listen to this story get unpacked on The Excerpt.

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

When the world was frozen, survival meant adapting fast. This video explores the tools, clothes, and shelters that gave Ice Age humans a fighting chance. What they created still influences how we ...

In a nutshell A mammoth ivory boomerang discovered in a Polish cave is likely between 42,290 and 39,280 years old, making it ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

Ancient sediment reveals humans began systematically using fire 50,000 years ago, reshaping global climate patterns.

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Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...