Eastern Africa's earliest livestock herders continued fishing, hunting and gathering for centuries after livestock were first ...

Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical ...

Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

San Diego Padres prospect Humberto Cruz reportedly self-deported to Mexico after pleading guilty in an Arizona human ...

The damage to the massive, rare site came just days after Tohono O’odham Nation leaders urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to slow construction SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty; Christian ...

Tohono O'odham tribal leaders continue to voice opposition to the construction of a physical border wall that would cut through their lands and potentially destroy cultural resources, a warning that ...

A 10,800-year-old burial in Patagonia sheds light on human settlement along the Atlantic coast, challenging long-held migration timelines.

On a Tuesday night in April, beneath a sky mottled with clouds, a slick stretch of road in Cumberland, Maine, erupted in sound. It started with a few high-pitched chirps, like the coos of chicks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Investigators are continuing the search for evidence on Thursday after human remains of children were found last month. At the beginning of March, an anonymous caller reached out to ...

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of Africa, rather than from a single birthplace. Until now, however, most ...