The new evidence reignites a debate about this type of practice among ancient Europeans. It's a lot to get your teeth into.

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 ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

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

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

A biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal is hypothesizing that the mysterious flat patches found on the sides of teeth in ancient Europeans may have been due to the ...