The Xianrendong site, or "Immortal's Cave", located about 800 kilometers south of Beijing, was first discovered in 2020.

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

A study reveals evidence of prehistoric surgery in Borneo, where a young adult survived a leg amputation about 31,000 years ...

The site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY), along the ancient shores of Lake Hula in northern Israel, represents an ...

Specific genomic regions that seem to play a role in human language development evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, before humans and Neanderthals diverged from a common ancestor, a new study ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

Archaeology rarely changes overnight. Most discoveries are small. Incremental. Easy to overlook. But sometimes… everything shifts. In 2025, a series of discoveries began to challenge long-held ...

New research shows human language evolved through ancient genetic systems that regulate genes, challenging the previous idea.

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier than some recent theories suggested. By tracing maternal DNA lineages, the ...

Learn how archaeologists are using ancient charcoal deposits to understand what life was like for ancient humans 800,000 ...

Early humans crossed Philippine seas 40,000 years ago, building coastal networks, fishing offshore, and developing maritime ...