An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago ...

Cannibalism was sometimes on the Neolithic menu, as numerous archaeological discoveries have revealed. But while ancient ...

More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual tooth wear and traces of arecoline, ...

Grooves on ancient human teeth, long attributed to deliberate toothpicking, also occur naturally in wild primates, indicating they may result from normal chewing or abrasive diets rather than tool use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient humans didn't spend as much time on survival activities as we might think. But the reality is that jobs as we know ...

Ancient footprints discovered in Kenya belong to two different species of human relatives who walked on the same ground at the same time, a study found. The prints are thought to belong to the species ...

Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits crossed paths in East Africa. Footprints preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore indicate that the two species, each built to walk in its ...

The Denisovans are considered one of modern humans’ closest ancient ancestors, yet we know very little about how they looked ...