From prehistoric sunscreen to a brain that turned to glass, we've learned some surprising new facts about human history ...

In 1849, archaeologists discovered 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing in Iraq that narrate the story of the Anunnaki, ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

A woman shaved her head to dress up as rapper Pitbull for his concert—ditching the bald cap entirely. Sabrina Brück, 26, from Antwerp, had long wanted to try the look and saw the gig as the perfect ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

It is the only Grand Slam tournament that still has line judges and where players are not allowed to use electronic replays ...

While humans had long survived in savanna and forests, they shifted into everything from from dense rainforests to arid ...

Splat is an app that turns arguments into entertainment, where AI judges your roasts and fighting is framed as a form of ...

MailOnline has asked the experts what the world might look like if the Neanderthals and Denisovans hadn't gone extinct.

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

These Homo sapiens – nomadic hunter-gatherers who populated Western Europe between 11,000 and 35,000 years ago – carry with them a leather rucksack containing objects of value: mostly flint cores and ...