New evidence from the prehistoric Pyrenees shows Cave 338 was used for thousands of years, revealing long-term human activity ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

Long before headlamps and harnesses, ancient humans ventured into some of the most dangerous cave systems on Earth. From the ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of ...

Recent fossil discoveries in China, from the Harbin 'Dragon Man' skull to the million-year-old Yunxian crania, are transforming our understanding of human evolution. These finds reveal confirmed ...

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

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Lorraine Boissoneault | Author, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills of British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023. Evacuation ...