Denisova Cave is found 700 meters (2,297 feet) up in the hills of the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai mountains in southern Russia. It is said to have been named after an old hermit who lived in the ...

New DNA from the last Neanderthal challenges everything we thought about human evolution.

Researchers uncover new evidence of how ancient human relatives in South Africa used their hands, revealing varying levels of ...

The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts speculate that these genes may affect longevity.

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

I was 2 years old when climate scientist James Hansen historically testified before Congress about the “greenhouse effect,” ...

An 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This ...

An ancient spear tip, buried for 80,000 years, has just turned our understanding of prehistoric technology upside down.

The beginning of Homo sapiens belief in gods did not start with a sense of awe, as primitive human beings observed the sun and moon with a sense of wonder. That is too philosophical. More likely it ...