In the plains of western Ukraine, researchers digging through ancient soil found a handful of small, broken pieces of ivory ...

Along the ancient banks of a river in what is now northern Israel, scientists have uncovered surprising details about the ...

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that ... Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from ...

Ice Age hearths reveal how early humans mastered fire for warmth, cooking, toolmaking, and survival in extreme environments.