Last August, archaeologists discovered a number of artefacts in Indonesia that could transform theories of early human ...

Genetic data strengthens the case that humans first settled Sahul around 60,000 years ago, using multiple seafaring routes.

The art is believed to be over 67,000 years old ...

One of the world's greatest genetic mysteries is how a DNA marker present in Europe reached North America, leaving no clear trail through Siberia or Alaska. Scientists have been baffled by how ...

Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district called Ayvalık. Now it’s famous for its sun-kissed islands and seafront ...

WASHINGTON — 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.

A groundbreaking international study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity s longest known prehistoric migration walking more than 20,000 kilometers over thousands of years from North Asia ...

A detail shot of Mary Ann Unger's "Across the Bering Strait" (1992–94), currently on view at Berry Campbell in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood through May 17 (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) ...

Research fellow, Department of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand; Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University ...

This combination of 2007, 2018 and 2012 photos shows, from left, the Cederberg mountain range in South Africa, the Tenere desert in Niger and savanna in South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, ...