Agriculture and other land uses can distort the levels of an earth mineral marker used to map the origins and movements of ancient humans and animals, a new study finds.

A finding pushes back the timeline on humankind’s conquest of one of Earth’s harshest environments, and may provide clues about interactions with their hominin relatives.

Scientists have found traces of the dairy product in 7,200-year-old pottery in Croatia.

The function of early hominins’ enlarged brow ridges, and their reduction in size in Homo sapiens, have puzzled paleoanthropologists for decades.

DNA analysis gives clues to how the ancient hominin’s population split and how they interacted with modern humans.

The animal pictures and hand stencils were made in caves in Spain thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

A new study reveals how Neanderthal DNA in the genomes of present-day British people influences their traits.

Anthropologists make use of forensic science to delve into historical mysteries.

Forensic experts explain.