Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...

Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...

Long before modern tools, humans faced brutal cold and unforgiving terrain. This video explores the clever shelter designs ...

When the world froze over, survival meant more than strength. This video reveals how social bonds and teamwork gave humans ...

International research and highly-specialized divers are bringing an underground, underwater world to the surface ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible through technological advances ...

In recent years, curious finds by quarry workers in gravel pits near Grunthal have led to some remarkable discoveries about ...

New research confirms humans first reached the Sahul super-continent by two different routes around 60,000 years ago.

It was so shockingly cold that there were short-lived fears of a new ice age. Scientists think human activity contributed to ...

An international team of scientists has provided what they describe as the strongest genetic evidence to date for resolving ...

Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and executive produced by Hollywood film-maker Jon Favreau alongside creative director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and long-term David Attenborough collaborator Mike ...

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...