Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

DNA switches that predate humans and Neanderthals still influence how people speak today, offering new clues about language ...

What did people use instead of toilet paper? Seashells, tapestries, wooden sticks and more.

Scientists have discovered an ancient insect-killing toxin, produced by certain Streptomyces bacteria, that is structurally similar to diphtheria toxin but harmless to humans. Named Streptomyces ...

According to the study, Amud 7’s remains date to approximately 51,000 and 56,000 years ago and belong to the most complete ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small cave is rewriting the story of the region's earliest modern humans. The ...

Strategic use of fire is helping to reveal undocumented artwork on cliffs around Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land (CYPAL).

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

The Greek dog breed, the Alopekis, is a small, fox-like canine with a rich history rooted in antiquity's cultural and rural ...

According to ancient Greek texts, this was a land of eternal spring, inhabited by a race of giants who lived for a thousand years without disease or war. They called it Hyperborea, a realm existing ...

Ticklish laughter appears across primates and triggers ancient brain circuits. Yet after two millennia of inquiry, its ...