New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

When the video of his birth parents makes him wonder whether his destiny is evil, it takes only a trip to his adoptive ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

It’s been some 40,000 years since the last Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals, disappeared from sight. Our closest human relative, the Neanderthal continues to fascinate scientists and the ...

Neanderthals living in what is now Belgium made a kind of prehistoric Swiss Army Knife from the bones of a cave lion some 130 ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

The five-part BBC series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...

The passage of a highly regressive budget-busting measure demonstrates anew that Donald Trump’s populism is a dangerous sham.

July 4 marked Independence Day in America. While some celebrated, others worried as U.S. President Donald Trump signed a ...