Scientists have discovered an ancient relative of all living apes in northern Egypt, highlighting how the hunt for human evolutionary history spans well beyond celebrated fossils found in east Africa.

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does stick around, the genetic material of long-dead animals might also persist in the environment.

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an archaeological site in Oman that dates back to the 5th ...