The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...

Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

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

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, ...

While the Tarkhan Dress offers a rare example of a complete ancient garment, it’s unlikely to be the first evidence of humans ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...

Scientists uncover fossils suggesting Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a 7-million-year-old ancestor, could walk upright. Could ...