Oldest human

It seems that the idea of free love started a lot earlier than the 1960s. An international team of researchers has found a tiny bone fragment belonging to an ancient hominin, named ‘Denny’ by the team, that had a Neanderthal for a mother and a Denisovan for a father – two of the closest extinct relatives of currently living humans.

A 3.8 million year old Australopithecus skull is causing a sensation in the archaeological and evolutionary world not seen since the discovery of "Lucy".

Weirdly their advice almost always involves alcohol and unhealthy food...so yay?

The oldest known human DNA, which may belong to a mysterious branch of humanity, reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say.

Humans have many half-Neanderthal, half-human ancestors. But none of those ancestors passed us Neanderthal Y-chromosomes. Now scientists think they know why.

The daguerreotype was the process of development of photography which entered use in 1839 and quickly gained massive popularity in Europe. Invented by a

The Theopetra Cave is an archaeological site located in Meteora, in the central Greek region of Thessaly. As a result of archaeological excavations that have been conducted over the years, it has been revealed that the Theopetra Cave has been occupied by human beings as early as 130000 years ago.

Here are 10 mysteries about human evolution, including why our brains are so big, why humans are bipedal, and other questions about Neanderthals, hobbits and other extinct relatives.

Explore Cheddar Man’s life and history, and follow the story of how Museum scientists helped reveal what he looked like.

Anyone else have a thing for older women? I mean my wife is 5 years my senior. When I was 20 something I found 30 somethings really hot. Now that I am 30 something I find 40 somethings really hot. When I am 40 will I be attracted to 50 somethings?