Why is swapping saliva something all human societies have normalised? Turns out kissing isn't just a human thing — all sorts of species appear to kiss, and new research suggests Neanderthals did it ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne use simulations to investigate the likelihood of interactions between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula / publication in ...

The days are already getting longer. Well, not quite. The winter solstice, the shortest day, is in fact tomorrow. But the shortest evening (earliest sunset) was earlier this week and the nights have ...

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Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk — ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analysed the dynamics of possible encounters ...

Archaeologists unearthed the oldest known evidence of incest in Italy's Grotta della Monaca cave. Genetic analysis of a Bronze Age burial revealed a teenage boy born from a father-daughter union, a ...

I decided to run because, like so many in Madison and Haywood Counties, I strongly feel we need a change in our State House ...

Man, this sneaked up on me faster than a panther stalking its prey, only instead of costing me a couple of limbs, it’s been costing me chunks of bucks (and ...