Human History

Discoveries Earliest known human-animal figurine provides 12,000-year-old glimpse into prehistoric beliefs

A tiny 12,000 year old figurine from Israel reveals early myth, art and spiritual belief in a prehistoric village.

Discoveries Million-year-old sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island rewrites early human history Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Ancient DNA reveals 2,500 years of human movement and change in the South Pacific

Discoveries Ancient wooden tools, from long before Homo sapiens emerged, discovered in China