Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 ...

An international team of researchers from Germany, Georgia, Armenia, and Norway has analyzed ancient DNA from 230 individuals ...

After using lasers to map the Maya Lowlands, researchers have updated their estimates of the total Maya population during the ...

Seven newly discovered stone tools, dating to between 1.04 and 1.48 million years ago, were found on the Indonesian island of ...

Across the South Pacific, tucked between rainforests and volcanic mountains, Papua New Guinea holds one of the most ...

Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 ...