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

Homo sapiens was basically infected by these viruses for all of its existence," the scientist added. As per the outlet, ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

Researchers suspect that dark-eyed juncos living in Los Angeles adapted based on the availability of food scraps tossed by ...

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 ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

The Lucy fossil’s role in human evolution is debated: new discoveries question whether she was truly our direct ancestor.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...