A newly uncovered fossil site beneath theJava Sea is shifting scientific perspectives on early human survival and prehistoric ...
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Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up ...
Through the ages and across continents, a recurring theme has captured human imagination: Giants. Embark on a quest to unravel the tales, the mysteries, and the realities of the giants who might have ...
Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...
Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...
Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.
He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...