The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.

This handbook showcases an Africa-wide compendium of Stone Age archaeological sites and methodological advances that have improved our understanding of hominin lifeways and biogeography in the ...

Stretching from western Anatolia to southeastern Europe, this previously unknown land bridge may have been a migration route ...

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age ...

A mitochondrial DNA study points to at least two waves of migration linking the Americas, China, and Japan- one during the ...

Changing climate conditions have been known to foster human evolution throughout history, especially in Africa, where our story first unfolded. However, new research has flipped the script on a common ...

Many people are curious about the past. I remember reading H. G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” and thinking how interesting it would be if we really could find a way to travel back in time and observe our ...