Researchers found that early human ancestors almost became extinct a million years ago, with a massive drop in population. With only a thousand surviving people, the population stayed at a low ...

Researchers found ancient human remains in the Cave of Qaleh Kurd near Avaj in Qazvin Province, Iran, estimated to be between 600,000 and 700,000 years old. The discovery could represent the ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, originated in Africa more than 300,000 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests that all modern human populations outside Africa mostly descend from a small group of modern ...

A new analysis of the ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers more evidence that they are around 23,000 years old.

Their study, published Thursday (June 12 ... in Germany in a human burial dated to 14,200 years ago. Because they were older than this, the ice age Tumat canines were previously assumed to be among ...

PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Pennsylvania State Police have identified human remains found along Route 322 in Perry County in 1979. State Police says the remains were severely decomposed and mostly ...

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

12 years ago to this day, Ray Allen sunk a three-pointer in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to force overtime and ultimately lead the Miami Heat to winning the championship.

South Africa does not have enough psychologists and psychiatrists to meet the mental health needs of everyone in the country. One solution is to train community healthcare workers to provide some ...

Travel back 20,000 years into the last Ice Age, to a time when the upper reaches of the Blue Mountains were treeless and the ridgelines and mountain peaks laden in snow and ice. At an elevation of ...

On June 5, 2013, a major step was taken towards the harmonization of card payments in Europe. I had the privilege of executing the very first live transaction based on the protocols and standards ...

More than 80% of South Africa’s households earning below R26 000 per month, which meant that affording a property remained a ...