A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

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 ...

Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

For centuries, the Nephilim have existed at the edge of belief, somewhere between myth, scripture, and whispered conspiracy.

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

This prehistoric tiger wasn’t a lone ambush hunter. Evidence suggests Homotherium may have hunted in groups. That made it especially dangerous to early human settlements. Its blade-like teeth were ...

Giant “dragon stones” found across the Armenian highlands were shaped and installed by an ancient “water cult”, archaeologists revealed in a new study. The pillar stones carved in animal shapes and ...

The New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders play on Sunday, Dec. 28, at the Raiders' Allegiant Stadium in a game on the NFL Week 17 schedule. Which team will win the NFL Week 17 game? Check out these ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics of possible encounters between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans ...

A pair of NFC teams that have been eliminated from the postseason square off Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings visit the New York Giants in NFL Week 16. Minnesota (6-8) has won consecutive games but ...