The Denisovans are the first species of archaic humans that have been discovered based on their DNA. Were they a race of ...

The Denisovans provided the genetic difference for Asian and Australid populations, two of the four “root races” from which ...

In a new study, scientists have been able to use peptides taken from an ancient hominin to determine its sex – and at 3.5 ...

We sit down for a coffee with veteran Sudanese-British broadcaster Zeinab Badawi, who discusses the value of history and the ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

researchers say they now have clear evidence for creative activities at a time when Neanderthals and other archaic humans still roamed the Earth. The designs were discovered on Levallois cores ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...

2024 — Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline -- they were partly responsible for 60 percent of the species that have become extinct ...

It can spread to mammals - and very rarely to humans. It is spread through contact with infected birds, or other species, including through touching their droppings and bedding. Humans can also ...