From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear.

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Scientists investigating an ancient mystery have uncovered the first evidence that a Bronze Age strain of plague infected ...