On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...

© Philipp Gunz/MPI EVA Leipzig Who came before us? This question has always intrigued scientists. Fossils recently unearthed in Morocco could help us solve this enigma. A discovery in Morocco The 21 ...

The handprints dotting the walls of an Indonesian cave had tapered fingertips, and the team found the prints were nearly ...

Hominid footprints found on Crete date back 5.6 million years, making them by far the oldest ever discovered in Europe.

Archaeologists in Indonesia have identified rock art that dates to at least 67,800 years ago, making it the oldest known cave art made by humans, and strengthening the case that the first humans to ...

Rock art found in Indonesia dates to at least 67,800 years ago, representing the earliest known cave art made by humans.

At age 80, Betty Kellenberger set a benchmark for endurance last summer, becoming the oldest woman to complete the treacherous 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail. Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching ...

Baby Boomers will soon reach another milestone: In 2026, the oldest members of this generation will turn 80. The Baby Boom generation refers to adults born between 1946 and 1964. The name reflects the ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival. By Becky Ferreira Today it seems obvious: Dip a sharp object in a poisonous ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...