To reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago, bones and plant remains can tell us which ingredients were available

This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans.

For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why

The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.

Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.