An early human species – the Denisovans – who went extinct 25,000 years ago – lived across more of the world than was thought ...

The mechanisms behind the development of human language are one of the great mysteries of primate evolution. Biologists have ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

Archaeologists have discovered stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic era in China, challenging the current understanding of ...

US officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit US manufacturers’ participation in weapons tenders ...

Archaeologists have documented it by tracking the spread of human DNA from remains and tools from Africa. Dr. Harvati said that Apidima 1 points to an early expansion of Homo sapiens into Europe from ...

Carving sticks, popping caps or driving screws: there’s a utensil for every task – and with one of the best pocket tools at your disposal, you’re a step closer to getting the job done. From classic ...

(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A steady stream of illegal weapons smuggled into Haiti is fueling an increase ...

The first published study on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only lived side by side but also interacted closely. They shared tools, ...

The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “erode”, the UN’s High Representative for ...

Neanderthal genes in living people seem to have come from one phase of mating around 55,000 to 60,000 years ago, yet we know from DNA in Homo sapiens fossils that mating was happening earlier and ...