New evidence from South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave suggests early human ancestors were using fire as far back as 1.79 million ...
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 ...
DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today ...
The breakthrough could reveal previously hidden ancient human activity inside caves, acting as ‘genetic archives’ ...
Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted ...
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.
Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...
A cave in Brazil warns that current global warming is progressing twice as fast as it did at the end of the Ice Age.
Looking for a cool tunnel with no light? Flagstaff has one that was formed by lava.