Early humans may have walked from Türkiye to mainland Europe, new research suggests

Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China

Humans can find rhythm in randomly timed sounds

Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals

Ancient teeth reveal that betel nuts have been used as stimulants since the Bronze Age

Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England

Ancient Europeans resisted inequality for 5000 years

Fossilized teeth from 2.6 million years ago reveal the existence of an ancient human species that's never been found before

Speakers of different languages describe the same picture in surprisingly different ways — yet these differences point to a few basic ideas all humans share about space

Researchers working in Ethiopia have discovered remains of a previously unknown branch of humanity