Today, sequencing machines can decode up to a hundred million times more DNA than their early predecessors. Where the first ...

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, ...

Greek philosophy deeply influenced how early Christians understood Christmas, transforming the Logos and incarnation into the ...

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival traits.