In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

The Jomon people—who eventually settled in what is now Japan—share little, if any, genetic connection to the Denisovan population that’s spread throughout Eurasia.

The very first human beings originally emerged in Africa before spreading across Eurasia about 60,000 years ago. After that, the story of humankind heads down many different paths, some more ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation.

An ancient child with a mysterious evolutionary background represents the oldest known case of humanlike tooth growth in East Asia, researchers say. The child’s fossilized upper jaw contains seven ...

As boisterous teenagers wage bloody beast wars in virtual universes at a clamorous downtown Seoul Internet cafe, a handful of men, oblivious to the din, stared transfixed at an ancient, slow-paced, ...

HOUSTON, July 18, 2013 — Elephant populations in Southeast Asia have declined steeply over the past 30 years, but the news is better in India and Sri Lanka, where numbers are stable. There the problem ...

The Spartan-Persian peace, known as the peace of Antalcidas , marked Greek divisions, and symbolized Persian dominance in ...