One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

The comet was discovered independently in January 2023 by two observatories - China's Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain) ...

A comet that was last visible from Earth when Neanderthals were alive could be spotted with the naked eye this weekend, ...

The Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) made its first appearance in London skies last night just after sunset. Don't worry if you ...

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS was last seen when the Neanderthals were roaming the Earth, and it may never pass by the Earth again.

Some years ago, when the topic of the prehistory of the Armenian highlands came up, the first things that would come to mind ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most ...

Neanderthals frequently moved from place to place, so continuous support and cooperation were needed to keep Tina alive for an extended period of time. “This child would have required care for at ...

For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.