Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

A new study challenges a site that's crucial to our understanding of how people got to the Americas. Decades ago, a site in ...

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Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

Fans of comic books were excited when the new movie featuring their favorite hero, Spider-Man, was announced, and now, the first images of Spider-Man: Brand New Day have been revealed.

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying. The pesky insects are also the world’s deadliest animal. Their bites facilitate the spread of malaria, dengue fever and other fatal diseases that kill hundreds of ...

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty A new study suggests Neanderthal males mated with human females more often than the reverse ...

The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins. Now, geneticists at the ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes. When you purchase through links on our ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...