Few know that avocados nearly disappeared from the Earth long ago. Their survival is tied to a turn in natural history and an ...

New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, ...

What happens when humans kill off the boldest, most aggressive members of a wild animal population for thousands of years? According to research on Italian brown bears, you may get something that ...

Around 400,000 years ago, a band of Neanderthals, or their ancestors, in Britain struck flint with pyrite and built a fire repeatedly in the same spot. Archaeologists studying the site think it is the ...

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and even earlier Homo hominins were using and processing starches, grass seeds, ...

KHERSON, Ukraine — When Olena Horlova leaves home or drives through town outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, she fears that she's a target. She believes that Russian drones could be ...

In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, ...

Authorities ruled the death of "experienced hunter" Devon Dobek as accidental Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Facebook Devon Dobek was reported missing on Oct. 31, after he failed to return home ...