More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake ...

Archaeologists uncover a pre-Hispanic port and canals under Mexico City, revealing ancient waterways used for trade and daily ...

In 1840, the relationships among the various rangatira, hapu and indigenous inhabitants were defined by kinship, not “race” – ...

A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ...

Scientists in China have unearthed a new human species with remarkable physical characteristics. The remains of 16 ...

Culture is central to defining humanity. Throughout history, many definitions have been proposed to describe what we mean ...

Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other - Researchers say ...

One late-night delivery started like any other. The driver got a sketchy call, handled some odd back-and-forth with the ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

Two sets of fossilized footprints from early human species were made within a few hours of each other about 1.5 million years ...