New fossil evidence from Romania suggests hominins reached Eurasia 200,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping human migration history.

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networks of drainage canals and ponds.

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...

At age 75, Vadevino Alano keeps up a brisk pace as he strides through the forest on the way to the Armadillo’s Den — a ...

It's long been thought our species was unique in its ability to adapt to harsh climates like bone-dry deserts or thick-set ...

Ancient fossils of the world's very first dinosaurs may be buried in places almost impossible to investigate, according to ...

Some people are happiest when lost in a country's nature, while others feel more at home in a city. A town's bright attractions and sense of history have a powerful allure. The greatest cities often ...

Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.

This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.

With stories set in Ancient Rome, Gilded Age New York, and more, these are the most anticipated historical fiction books of ...

The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon, Proto Thema reported. To date, a ...