Unfortunately, wood decays much faster than stone, leaving archaeologists with very little direct evidence of how prehistoric ...

Traces of nearly 600 wooden items have been recovered at a Neanderthal site in Spain, suggesting this extinct hominin was as ...

Scientists uncover a previously unknown yak-like Ice Age mammal in Siberia's Denisova Cave using ancient DNA, revealing a ...

By Will Dunham Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage ...

L’Abric Romaní preserves 597 pieces of Neanderthal wood, including two spears and a possible club. The find, recovered in Capellades over more than four decades of, ...

Scientists now know that they shared many of the sophisticated abilities of Homo sapiens. So why are we the only humans left ...

A new defense firm, Warhound seeks to increase the domestic supply of dogs to work with U.S. military, police and first ...

Those darling dire wolves have turned two. For their second birthday, Romulus and Remus, the two male dire wolves born in ...

Once formally proposed as Homo stupidus and portrayed as knuckle-dragging ape-men, Neanderthals are finally receiving their due from scientists. This 1909 Neanderthal reconstruction portrayed the ...

The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region are offering evidence of both violence and compassion in ...

The Pitt County Animal Services Pets of the Week are Hope, a young female hound mix, and Charm, a female brown and white tabby. The animal shelter, located at 4550 County Home Road, is open weekdays ...