An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

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

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Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. An intriguing object my husband and I saw during our ...

Taforalt cave, also called Grotte des Pigeons, is a globally important site. It contains the graves of over 30 ancient humans ...

The bones of butchered and cooked animals have been found in the most high-status graves. Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, ...