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.

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.

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 ...

A young woman’s body found 30 years ago now has a name. Othram Inc., a forensic testing agency, identified Kiyona Arnold as the Jane Doe found in April 1995 behind a vacant house.

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