A PhD student in Canada just made a remarkable discovery that rewrites the timeline of Ice Age extinctions — after analyzing ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, an extraordinary chapter in the story of humanity unfolded. Two distinct branches of the human family tree—modern humans and Neanderthals—crossed paths in a meeting ...

A groundbreaking study has uncovered evidence of a society in Iron Age Britain where women played central roles in family, politics, and society. Using DNA from ancient burial sites, an international ...

Ancient genomes reveal the integration of genetically distinct groups within the early medieval Avar society in the Vienna ...

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

New Delhi, DNA from ancient viruses that form a part of the human genome may be contributing in the early development of an embryo in the womb, according to a study. Ancient viral DNA, also called ...

Now, a team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Bournemouth University have discovered ...

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.