Anthropology

The ancient DNA from four children who lived thousands of years ago is rewriting what geneticists thought happened in sub-Saharan Africa.

The diminutive size of the extinct human relative called the Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, could come down to really fast evolution.

UCLA has established a new institute dedicated to studying and promoting kindness.

Scientists ponder a wide variety of probing questions in pursuit of knowledge. One of those questions — can a knife made of frozen feces cut flesh? — has just been answered.

Going to the zoo can be a great adventure, especially if you find poop hurtling in your direction.

A prehistoric, broken skull is revealing the secrets of ancient humans, divulging that early modern humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought, a new study finds.

The teeth came from a genetically distinct population of humans.

After a treacherous volcanic eruption during the Bronze Age, curious humans and their canine companions hiked closer to the volcano, where they left footprints in the fine-grained volcanic ash.

After leaving their footprints in volcanic ash, did Bronze Age humans paint this picture of an erupting volcano?