Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania’s first woman president in 2021, the country’s ...

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ...

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

The extinct animal's face structure could help explain how vertebrates, including ourselves, evolved our distinctive look.

Aging has always been comedy gold, and old-school cartoonists milked it for every giggle. From the 1800s into the early 1900s ...

Archaeological breakthrough at Canterbury reveals Homo heidelbergensis survived the brutal Anglian glaciation, rewriting assumptions about early human resilience and adaptation in prehistoric Europe.

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

The excavation found remains of the first Paleolithic period, tools, and fragments from 200 and 300 thousand years ago. Credit: Ilias Markou/AMNA Archaeologists have completed a highly successful ...

Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human. By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes Most people know Jane Goodall, who died Wednesday ...