They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Tucked away under limestone cliffs in Gibraltar, a cave that dates back around 40,000 years has led to fascinating ...

In the recent study on pain, researchers investigated three variations in the SCN9A gene, and reported greater pain ...

A chamber sealed off from the world for roughly 40,000 years has been pried open on the edge of Europe, and with it a rare, ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton. Scientists have ...

It took more than a century for researchers to prove that Neanderthals were actually quite intelligent and that they interbred with modern humans (Homo sapiens). The number of dis ...

S ome groups of European Neanderthals may have lost the ability to make fire during the colder periods of their existence. As ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...