The Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village outside Avella is the oldest known site of human habitation in North America ...

Scientists examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. These mysterious droplets, known as ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

A senior State Department official pushed back on NPR's reporting on changes to the 2024 Human Rights Report, saying the restructuring eliminates political bias.

Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that apparently 930,000 years ago, our ancestors were down to an astonishingly small ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

While the true location remains a mystery, these theories highlight how ancient texts and modern science continue to ...