Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...

Researchers who were curious about when ancient Europeans travelled to Africa followed the DNA. The route they discovered didn’t just track migration — it revealed pockets of resistance to the ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

The grinding tools were buried in ritual deposits, reflecting their high symbolic value and connection to the cycles of time, ...

Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...

Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Grinding stones from early Neolithic European communities held significant symbolic value, reflecting time and life cycles. These tools, used primarily by women ...

The mineralized bones are the earliest human fossil remains found so far in Western Europe. However, it wasn’t immediately obvious which species of prehistoric human the team had found ...