On a remote Indonesian island, fossils from a population of tiny humans are forcing scientists to redraw some of the clean ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit ...

Taken together, these stories show that independence is not a guarantee of stability or prosperity. It is simply the beginning of a new chapter, one shaped by leadership, resources, geography, global ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

A court in the Philippines convicted Alice Guo for trafficking people to a compound that officials have linked to online scams and organized crime. By Francesca Regalado The former mayor of a small ...

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Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a now-submerged land bridge along Turkey's Aegean coast that may have served as a crucial pathway for early human migration from Asia to Europe during the ...

I remember the first time I visited Asia. I was amazed at how much more technologically advanced many of the countries were. Still, I wondered how I’d be viewed and treated as an African American ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...