The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the ...

The Harbin skull confirms Denisovan ancestry and expands their known range using protein and DNA analysis from dental calculus. What did Denisovans look like, despite their known genetic contributions ...

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After 15 years, we know the first Denisovan skull.” With these words, Qiaomei Fu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced a paradigm-shifting moment in human evolution research, as molecular ...

While museums curate artifacts behind glass, archaeological parks offer a dynamic alternative: sprawling landscapes where ...

Learn about a new study that confirms the 146,000-year-old Harbin skull belonged to a member of the Denisovan lineage.

Here’s what happens,” Charlie Raymond tells me over the phone. “I’ve had a lot of people in Kentucky who had sightings many years ago but they suppressed it. They didn’t tell people because they’d be ...

Popularized by the movie Indiana Jones, Rome's ancient catacombs are tinged with mystery. Catacombs such as these were carved over hundreds of years beginning in the second century A.D. from soft ...

"All major discoveries and impacts are born from small and consistent actions," said Dr. Tebogo Makhubela, a 2025 National Geographic Wayfinder Award Recipient.Dr. Makhubela, a pioneering South ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

More than a story about mourning, it’s also a celebration of family and resilience. When this book was published in 2019, the ...