An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

The Enlightenment era aligned the role of dignity with governance. Kant rooted it in merit, moral integrity and universal ...

For the first few weeks, we imagined the marriage dividend was we wouldn’t get on each other’s nerves as much as before. This ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Neanderthals, who did not have such clothing and possibly did not use ochre as sunblock, disappeared from Europe roughly ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

“If we look specifically at head hair, we can see that it is styled,” Berman wrote. “The most famous Venus figurine, the ...

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

It helped set the mood for Keni Yarbro's upcoming performance.) But a vian angst notwithstanding, I’m digging the ...

Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but scientists have now discovered that some chose to remain ...