A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

A trail camera in South Africa has captured an incredible moment, revealing a creature that hasn’t been seen in the area for ...

Fossils found in Georgia challenge existing theories of human origins, suggesting two early human species coexisted at the Dmanisi site.

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Discover when globalization began, from ancient trade routes to modern economic policies, and understand its impact on global trade and cultural exchange.

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

The origin story of the human species is far from set in stone. Paul Salopek sits with a sculpture of a Homo erectus reading a book at the Chinese Academy of Science. China has become a hotbed of ...

Paul Salopek is a National Geographic explorer retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific community’s best guess for the likely path of early human migration. While ...

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...