These dangerous operations may have been performed for ritual, not medical, purposes

A large-scale genetic study links ancient male population bursts to migration, conquests, and technology

The well preserved prehistoric find gives scientists hope for cloning the extinct species of canid in the future!

An ancient cave in China was covered with drawings that revealed a history of severe droughts, but the findings also unearthed some ominous future weather forecasts for the country.

This mammoth fossil could form the crime scene of a gruesome butchery conducted by prehistoric humans, suggesting that they arrived in the region earlier than we thought.

An international group of more than 35 scientists discovered the remains of a new human species, Homo naledi and are now trying to figure out where the species fits in the puzzle of human evolution.