In a remarkable discovery that bridges the ancient and modern understanding of human imagination, archaeologists have unearthed a 12,000-year-old clay figurine from northern Israel that represents the ...

Before there were the Olmecs, what was life like in early Mexico, how did people live and what do we know about their lives ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

Meanwhile, early dog trade might stretch even further back than the new studies indicate. To find remains from the first ...

It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

Around 2.3 million years ago, ancient human species such as Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus suddenly changed their diets. Using their large brains, these extinct hominins manufactured digging tools ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Another surprising finding from this study concerns the ancient Jomon people from the Japanese archipelago and the Ryukyu/Okinawa islands who contributed to present-day Japanese. The Jomon carried the ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...