Anthropology

A prehistoric, broken skull is revealing the secrets of ancient humans, divulging that early modern humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought, a new study finds.

The teeth came from a genetically distinct population of humans.

After a treacherous volcanic eruption during the Bronze Age, curious humans and their canine companions hiked closer to the volcano, where they left footprints in the fine-grained volcanic ash.

After leaving their footprints in volcanic ash, did Bronze Age humans paint this picture of an erupting volcano?

The ancient bones and teeth of a previously unknown human relative — one that was even smaller than the so-called Hobbit — have been discovered deep in a cave on an island in the Philippines.

The newfound hominin Homo luzonensis lived about 67,000 years ago in what is now the Philippines.

The Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.

The shattered skull of a hunter who lived about 8,000 years ago isn’t evidence of cannibalism, as scientists previously thought. Rather, the hunter died in a grisly murder, new research suggests.

Did DNA analysis of an "alien" mummy violate legal and ethical boundaries?

About 13,000 years ago, two shoeless adults and a child squished their bare feet through wet clay near the water's edge, leaving footprints that still exist today.

About 34,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer group buried two young boys who had physical conditions in elaborate graves.