Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 million years ago was Homo erectus. But in recent years, a debate has ...

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Ella Al-Shamahi explores the complexities of our past by meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...