Until now, the phenotypic diversity among European hunter-gatherers was only known from a small number of fossils and was thought to be fairly homogeneous,” said Dr. Maïté Rivollat, lead geneticist of ...

Homo sapiens — mingled and interbred with other prehistoric humans: our distant cousins, the Neanderthals and Denisovans.

A prominent brow ridge with a brain as large as modern humans and Neanderthals — that’s what the archaic human group, the Denisovans, looked like, according to work published this week in Cell and ...

Isabelle De Groote, an archaeologist at Ghent University who leads the research project on Mesolithic Belgium, told CNN that ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

But exactly when that happened remains under debate. However, most claims of extremely old fossilized life kick up controversy. The creatures that flourished in ancient seas may have looked quite ...

We humans love a good timeline. It keeps museums tidy, textbooks slim, and trivia-night champs smug. Then a 23,000-year-old stone wall in central Greece strolls in, kicks over the neat stack, and asks ...

Chinese scientists have uncovered the world’s first comprehensive genetic evidence of a prehistoric matrilineal society, offering fresh insight into the ongoing debate over whether fathers or mothers ...

With the win, Djokovic is the second-oldest man to reach Roland Garros semifinals in Open Era; only Pancho Gonzales in 1968 was older, at age 40. But Djokovic didn't look much of his 38 years ...

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Crews used air bags, ropes and “brute force” to lift the boulder off the man. A 61-year-old Alaska man is expected to make a full recovery after he ended up being pinned down by a 700-pound ...