Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district ...

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...

Unlike their Neanderthal contemporaries, Cro Magnons exhibit straight foreheads and short, wide faces akin to modern humans. Their larger brains and powerful physiques suggest a species adapted for ...

Discovered in Spain’s Atapuerca caves, Homo antecessor lived 1.2 to 0.8 million years ago and may have been the first humans to fully settle Europe. Fossils show a mix of modern and archaic traits, ...

An “emotional and inspiring” archaeological find of Paleolithic tools has revealed a long-lost prehistoric passage that may ...

Continuous landmasses, now submerged, may have made it possible for early humans to cross between present-day Turkey and Europe, new research of this largely unexplored region reveals. The findings, ...