Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Learn how with painstaking effort, archaeological artists bring back faces from the past.

The Enigmatic Neanderthals Neanderthals are a fascinating subject of study, often depicted as cavemen in ancient tales. But ...

Researchers Discover Paleolithic Cave Art Dated 66,000 Years Ago, Reveal Neanderthals to Be the ‘First Artists' Painting from three cave sites, a red linear motif in Cave of La Pasiega, a hand stencil ...

Even before the use of AI, it was widely accepted within archaeology that visualisations of the past are highly fraught and ...

The prehistoric human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

Its large, low and wide shape was completely distinct from the skulls of other known hominin species such as Neanderthals or Homo erectus, and different from the globe-shaped skulls of Homo ...

The method involves creating digital “endocasts” from the cranial spaces inside bird skulls, allowing them to estimate brain size and shape with remarkable accuracy. This approach is giving scientists ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...