Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

Boomerangs are some of humanity’s oldest tools. In the northernmost region of Australia, 50,000-year-old cave art appears to ...

The debate around the evolution of modern humans has intensified with new findings about Homo sapiens fossils from East Africa. The oldest remains currently known were discovered at Djebel Irhoud ...

Ahouati: Ivory Coast on Monday inaugurated a new extension of its first archaeological museum after Stone Age relics surfaced ...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Jakarta on Friday (June 27) for an official visit, during which he is ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

These Homo sapiens – nomadic hunter-gatherers who populated Western Europe between 11,000 and 35,000 years ago – carry with them a leather rucksack containing objects of value: mostly flint cores and ...

With what he calls a trio of psychopathic megalomaniacs pushing us to the edge, Avay Shukla finds a safe place in case of a ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

The boomerang, found in a cave in southern Poland, may be the oldest in the world, dating back 40,000 years, according to researchers.