Through an examination of remaining proteins left, scientists managed to determine that it was a rare example of a Denisovan ...

A quiet dig in Romania unearthed more than ancient bones it cracked open our understanding of when and how humans first ...

Isotope analysis of limestone cave deposits indicates repeated humid periods in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the past eight ...

Ice Age climate shifts triggered major population changes in prehistoric Europe through migration and adaptation.

Ancient human history is now resurfacing, quite literally, from the bottom of the sea. Off the western coast of Taiwan, ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, has reached alarming levels globally, and Canada is on high alert.

As ancient communities shifted from foraging to farming, the forces driving this dramatic change weren’t always what many ...

These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.

Aboriginal peoples of Australia carry Densiovan DNA, suggesting a widespread migration ... even remotely human. Apparently, there’s a chance that’s where more of our ancient history is ...

New research is shedding light on the lives of these ancient humans. Around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made its main migration out of Africa. But what happened to the people who stayed behind? New ...

Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...