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

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

Ochre clay used in body painting gave our ancestors protection against a rise in harmful UV radiation, say scientists ...

A University of Michigan-led study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

The company says it did it by tweaking the DNA of a modern-day gray wolf with carefully chosen genes from ... "It would be ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Quina is one of a number of stone tool styles associated with Neanderthals that archaeologists call Mousterian culture.The unprecedented discovery at Longtan had "significant implications ...