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, ...

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.

Humans may have crossed mainland Southeast Asia to occupy surrounding islands much earlier than previously thought, according to a new study that sheds more light on the origin of the Flores “hobbit” ...