Based on evidence recently detailed in the journal American Antiquity, Ice Age hunter-gatherers living on the western Great ...

Native Americans have been playing with dice in games of chance for more than 12,000 years, according to a new paper ...

This is the first evidence we have of structured human engagement with the concepts of chance and randomness.” ...

The results suggest these hunter-gatherers persisted and adapted to a warming world, rather than being quickly replaced by ...

In A Nutshell A 14,200-year-old dog from Switzerland is now the oldest dog confirmed with genome-wide DNA. When farming ...

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. The Ice Age tends to get flattened into a postcard: endless white, ...

Early humans may have survived a brutal ice age by hiding out in mountain caves located in what’s now Serbia.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – A team of researchers has identified an Ice Age relative of the muskox from fossils uncovered in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The new species, named Speleotherium logani, ...

The close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered.