Research links human arrival on Cyprus to the extinction of dwarf elephants and hippos, shedding light on prehistoric human ...

Scientists discovered that these genomes—the oldest of which is roughly 10,000 years old—are remarkably similar to local San ...

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Thirteen ancient genomes from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa offer new insights into the region's human history. A ...

Reading isn’t natural for humans – but storytelling is. Using decades of data, my new research highlights the role of parents ...

With the proliferation of fast-food options, French youth are struggling to stay healthy. Obesity-related diseases will cut ...

The knee has undergone major changes to its size and shape, not only to allow early humans to walk upright, but also to ...

centre on hunting and meat-heavy diets – but we are finding that early hunter-gatherers in the Andes were mostly eating plant foods like wild tubers.” The researchers said their work shows, for the ...

Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque ...

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Göbekli Tepe, a massive archaeological site nestled in the rolling plains of southeastern Turkey, is considered the world’s ...