A team of researchers recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from a red-painted calcite crust on the ...

For much of the last century, the story of early technology seemed straightforward. The genus Homo made stone tools, and ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use—people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift "toothpicks." ...