�鶹��ý

Skip to content

The Jubbah Oasis in northern Saudi Arabia, where humans were repeatedly present during periods of increased rainfall over hundreds of thousands of years

Humans

Humans reached Arabia in at least five waves thanks to wetter climates

A single Arabian archaeological site has been occupied by ancient humans on five separate occasions over the past 400,000 years, each enabled by a period of wet climate

News

Fragmentary remains of the human skull_CREDIT University of Hasanuddin

Humans

7200-year-old DNA suggests Denisovans bred with humans on Sulawesi

News

Holding hands

Question

How long does it take to fall in love?

artist's reconstruction of wild dog

Humans

Ancient humans in Europe may have stolen food from wild hunting dogs

News

DNA

Humans

Just 1.5 to 7 per cent of the modern human genome is uniquely ours

News

Stone Age Europeans may have worn make-up more than 6000 years ago

Humans

Stone Age Europeans may have worn make-up more than 6000 years ago

News

First farmers in the Atacama desert had a history of brutal violence

Humans

First farmers in the Atacama desert had a history of brutal violence

News

ancient human

Humans

'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain

News

excavation

Humans

Newly identified ancestor of Neanderthals complicates the human story

News

Mtoto oldest Africa burial

Video

78,000 year old human burial is oldest in Africa

The oldest known burial in Africa is of a 3-year-old child who died around 78,000 years ago. The discovery sheds light on how people in the region cared for their dead at that time.

Video

Humans

Remains of a 3-year-old child are the oldest known burial in Africa

News

Humans

Viking remains lost for more than a century rediscovered in a museum

News

Humans

Indigenous people may have left the Amazon before Europeans arrived

News

Humans

People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

News