Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

While few of us today know how to start a bonfire without matches or a lighter, learning to make fire was one of the most critical developments in human history. New evidence suggests humans figured ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

A groundbreaking international study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity s longest known prehistoric migration walking more than 20,000 kilometers over thousands of years from North Asia ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Historic Rangeley is highlighting the Vail Site exhibit, which documents the earliest known human presence in western Maine ...