A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Herpesviruses and humans are old companions. To help uncover our relationship with this ubiquitous gang of viruses, ...

Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is joining Senate colleagues questioning the Trump administration’s efforts to divert federal agents ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

For more than 70 years, what were thought to be mammoth fossils were tucked away in the archives of the University of Alaska ...