Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago that have left a lasting imprint on our ...

NEW YORK – An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago that have left a lasting imprint on our species. A ...

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

The risk of malaria influenced where prehistoric people lived in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study suggests. The research is the first to link early human habitation with the deadly disease and ...

Archaeologists have identified the earliest sustained human occupation in Highland Southern Africa, and suggest it could not have existed without considerable collaboration at a time when we were ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...

Myths were created by early civiliations to make sense of things happening in the natural world around them. In Greek mythology the Titan Atlas bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. A Greek ...

A drop in the number of huge animals 200,000 years ago may have forced ancient humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools in favour of lightweight toolkits to hunt smaller animals. That’s according to a ...

Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out thousands of years ...