Head lice picked from thousand-year-old Peruvian mummies suggest the pesky parasites accompanied modern humans on their first migration out of Africa, a new study says.
Some of Egypt's greatest treasures have ended up in foreign countries, including the Rosetta Stone, which unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Now Egypt wants the artifact back—if only for a visit.
Polynesians and Micronesians show little genetic relation to other South Pacific islanders, suggesting the two groups hail from island-hopping East Asians.
Bamboo-dependent pandas competed with ten-foot apes—and maybe even early humans—for food and territory in ancient China, scientists familiar with new fossils say.
Humans are evolving more quickly around the world, but local cultural and environmental factors are shaping evolution differently on different continents, according to new research.
Human pygmies around the world are smaller than average because they tend to live very short lives, in some communities as little as 16 years, a new study says.
The discovery, detected in hominid remains found in Turkey, could shed new light on the roles of climate, health, and evolution in ancient human migration, experts say.
The version of a human gene that allows for advanced language was also present in Neandertals, suggesting the species had the capacity for speech, a new study says.
Our ancient human cousins made it to Siberia, a new DNA study reveals. And scientists are wondering if the species might have reached China and Mongolia as well.
Humans evolved larger brains than their primate cousins in order to develop complex social skills such as maintaining friendships, a new study suggests.
Ancient cave formations found in Israel provide the first concrete evidence that a change in rainfall allowed early humans to migrate out of Africa, experts say.
