A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...

The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.

Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...