Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

Genetic evidence suggests the last shared ancestor of present-day humans, as well as ancient Neanderthals and Denisovans, ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Morocco has previously yielded some of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils. Remains dating to about 315,000 years ago ...

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

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

For anthropologists, there has long been a major mystery. Fossils from between 600,000 and 1 million years ago, when human ...

East of the Caspian Sea, the Mangystau region of western Kazakhstan is full of history and light on American travelers.