The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Whenever science has to defend itself from the skeptics, it tends to fall back on medical or other technological achievements that have improved our lives—such as the personal vehicle, solar energy, ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history. When you purchase through links on our ...

Archaeologists have discovered that the ancestors of the Tibetan people, including a mysterious group known as the “ghost” population, came from China’s Yunnan province more than 7,100 years ago.

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Image shows Burial 36-2000, one of the largest and most significant burials uncovered outside the Acropolis in Copán’s 130-year history of archaeological investigation. The burial contains the ...