Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered to between 27,700 and ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...