Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

Our readers look back to the oldest known musical instrument and consider the role music had in bringing communities together ...

The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

A newfound rock-shelter in Tajikistan has artifacts created by ancient humans spanning 130,000 years. Along a stream in ...

British Columbia health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry shared in a news conference that a teenager, who contracted the first ...

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

Human-to-human transmission is very rare, but as cases among animals rise, many experts are worried the virus could develop ...

The first shipment of FDA-approved cervical screening self-tests has gone out with hopes they will help prevent cervical ...

A remarkable 5,000-year-old settlement in Israel has yielded some of the earliest known public buildings, offering a glimpse ...

Public-health officials in British Columbia declined to provide any new details Monday about their investigation into how a ...