Cave excavation of a youngster’s grave pushes back the date of the first human burial identified in the continent by at least a few thousand years.
An ancient viral outbreak may have left a genetic mark in East Asians that possibly influences their responses to the virus that causes COVID-19.
In a new book, a paleoanthropologist argues that walking upright has had profound effects on human anatomy and behavior.
Modern humanlike brains may have evolved surprisingly late, about 1.7 million years ago, a new study suggests.
DNA from ancient fossils suggests interbreeding regularly occurred between the two species by about 45,000 years ago, two studies find.
The first survey comparing parental exhaustion across 42 countries links it to a culture of self-reliance.
Removing fat is key to turning animal skin into parchment. With sheepskin, the process creates a writing surface easily marred by scratched-out words.
Researchers have long assumed mostly men ran ancient Bronze Age societies, but the find points to a female ruler in Spain 3,700 years ago.
Iberia’s mild climate fostered a host of resources for hominids often pegged as mammoth hunters.
A contested study of hand and foot fossils suggests this 4.4-million-year-old hominid was a tree climber and branch swinger.