Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

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

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

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 ...

A mammoth tusk boomerang discovered in Poland is approximately 42,000 years old, potentially making it the oldest known ...

The mammoth tusk boomerang from a cave in Poland represented the artistic abilities of our ancestors in producing symbolic ...

An experimental rationalization of the structure type encountered in DNA and RNA by systematically investigating the chemical and physical properties of alternative nucleic acids has identified ...

The new dating of an object found decades ago in Poland reinforces the idea that early humans in Central Europe had ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Scientists have discovered what may be one of the oldest boomerangs in the world, hidden in a Polish cave for tens of ...

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

A mammoth tusk artefact discovered in a Polish cave could be Europe’s earliest example of a boomerang and even the oldest ...