A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

La Brújula Verde reports that an extensive genetic study of human remains found at the site of Shimao in Shaanxi Province is ...

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Stalagmite data suggest Homo floresiensis faced prolonged drought that stressed both them and their prey, contributing to their disappearance.

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Steve Lemay replaces Alan Dye as Apple's design chief. Insiders hail the 26-year veteran as 'the best designer I've ever met' ...

The Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, traces the history of the desert sheikdoms from ancient ...

Dandridge, Tennessee is that happy accident waiting to happen – except now you don’t need a navigation mishap to find this gem nestled between the Smoky Mountains and Douglas Lake.

There’s a place in Maryland where time becomes a fluid concept and reality bends just a little at the edges. The Antique Center at Historic Savage Mill isn’t just another stop on the antiquing circuit ...

When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add ...

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Archaeologists working in the mountains of northeastern Uzbekistan have uncovered tiny stone points that may be the oldest known arrowheads on Earth, dating back roughly 80,000 years. The discovery ...