Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

Ella Al-Shamahi explores the complexities of our past by meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with ...

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

Researchers have successfully reconstructed the ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from human ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...