"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Archaeological evidence shows ...

Scientists Find Earliest Evidence of Human Footprints Outside Africa Which Are Over 800,000 Years Old The British Museum said that the uncovering of human footprints more than 800,000 years old on ...

San Mateo County public health officials reported finding H5N1 bird flu in a pet cat and a backyard poultry flock.

Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Fire to Shape the Landscape of Tasmania Nov. 16, 2024 — Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Bones from Grunceanu, Romania have been interpreted as evidence early humans made it to Europe 1.95 million years ago, long before other accepted examples. However, the find is not a clear-cut ...

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That’s according to a study of sediment cores from in and around the Aegean Sea, which found the earliest-known evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, and tied it to the area’s inhabitants ...

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

A combination of ancient knowledge and modern research techniques may be closing the gap between who some of the earliest ...